Poliția descoperă baza.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like the.

So:

• poliție = police / police force
• poliția = the police

In this sentence, poliția is the subject: the police discover(s) the base.

It is a feminine singular noun in form.

A good approximation is po-lee-TSEE-a.

A few useful points:

• ț is pronounced ts, like in cats
• ia at the end is usually pronounced as two syllables: i-a
• the stress is on ți: po-li-ȚI-a

So poliția is roughly po-li-TSEE-a.

Descoperă is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb a descoperi, meaning to discover.

So it can mean:

• discovers
• is discovering

depending on context.

Here it agrees with the singular subject poliția.

Related forms:

• eu descopăr = I discover
• tu descoperi = you discover
• el/ea descoperă = he/she discovers

Because Romanian normally attaches the to the end of the noun.

So:

• bază = a base
• baza = the base

This is one of the most important differences from English. Instead of the base, Romanian says essentially base-the.

Because baza is the definite form.

• bază = a base
• baza = the base

The final -a is the definite article for this feminine singular noun.

So the sentence is specifically talking about the base, not just a base.

Bază is roughly pronounced BUH-zuh, with stress on the first syllable: BA-ză.

The letter ă is a very common Romanian vowel. It sounds like the a in English about or sofa: a short, neutral uh sound.

So:

• bază ≈ BA-zuh
• baza ≈ BA-za in spelling, but the first syllable still carries the stress

Because Romanian often does not need subject pronouns.

The verb form already gives information about the subject, and when the subject is a noun like poliția, adding a pronoun would be unnecessary.

So Romanian commonly says:

• Poliția descoperă baza.

not something like:

• Ea descoperă baza. unless she/it is needed for contrast or emphasis.

Yes. This is the basic subject–verb–object order:

• Poliția = subject
• descoperă = verb
• baza = object

So it matches normal English order quite well: The police discover the base.

Romanian can change word order for emphasis, but this version is the most neutral and straightforward.

In Romanian, poliția is grammatically singular when it refers to the institution or police force.

That is why the verb is singular:

• poliția descoperă

In English, the police usually takes a plural verb in everyday usage, but Romanian handles it differently.

So even though the meaning corresponds to English the police, the Romanian grammar is singular here.

Yes, it is the direct object, so functionally it is in the accusative.

However, for many Romanian nouns, the accusative form looks the same as the nominative form, especially in a simple sentence like this. So you do not see a special ending here beyond the definite article.

Also, there is no pe before baza because pe is mainly used with animate direct objects and certain pronouns, not with an inanimate noun like base.

Yes. Depending on context, a descoperi can mean:

• to discover
• to uncover
• to find
• sometimes to reveal

So the exact English translation can vary a little. In this sentence, discover(s) is the most direct match, but a context could make uncovers or finds sound more natural.