Electricianul verifică tabloul electric.

It is the Romanian definite article attached to the end of the noun.

• electrician = electrician
• electricianul = the electrician

Unlike English, Romanian usually does not put a separate word before the noun for the. It usually adds the article to the noun itself.

For the same reason: tabloul is the definite form.

• tablou = a panel / a board / a picture, depending on context
• tabloul = the panel / the board / the picture

In this sentence, it refers to a specific electrical panel, so the definite form is used.

Also, nouns like tablou often form the definite singular by adding -l in writing:

• tablou → tabloul
• compare: birou → biroul

So tabloul means the panel.

Because Romanian usually uses a postposed definite article, meaning the article is attached to the end of the noun instead of standing in front of it.

So:

• the electrician → electricianul
• the electrical panel → tabloul electric

This is one of the big differences from English.

Because in Romanian, adjectives usually come after the noun.

So the normal order is:

• tablou electric = electrical panel
• literally: panel electrical

This is the standard, neutral word order. Romanian can sometimes place adjectives before the noun, but that is less neutral and often changes the tone or emphasis.

Because tablou is a neuter noun, and in Romanian, neuter nouns behave like:

• masculine in the singular
• feminine in the plural

Since tabloul is singular, the adjective takes the masculine singular form:

• tablou electric = electrical panel

If it were plural, you would get:

• tablouri electrice = electrical panels

So electric is correct here because the noun is singular neuter.

In normal Romanian, when the noun is definite and the adjective comes after it, the noun carries the definite article, not the adjective.

So:

• tabloul electric = the electrical panel

Not:

• tabloul electricul

That would be incorrect here.

Romanian can put the article on the adjective in some special structures, especially when the adjective comes before the noun, but that is a different pattern. In this sentence, the normal form is tabloul electric.

Verifică is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a verifica, meaning to check / to inspect / to verify.

So:

• eu verific = I check
• tu verifici = you check
• el/ea verifică = he/she checks

Because the subject is electricianul and that is singular, the verb is also singular:

• Electricianul verifică... = The electrician checks...

Because the sentence is talking about a specific electrical panel, not just any electrical panel.

Compare:

• Electricianul verifică tabloul electric. = The electrician checks the electrical panel.
• Electricianul verifică un tablou electric. = The electrician checks an electrical panel.

The definite version sounds natural if both speaker and listener know which panel is meant, or if the context makes it specific.

Yes, tablou has more than one meaning.

Depending on context, it can mean things like:

• picture / painting
• chart / table
• panel / board

In the fixed expression tablou electric, it means electrical panel, switchboard, or breaker panel, not a painting.

So this is a vocabulary point: the phrase tablou electric has a specific technical meaning.

Yes, very often.

Romanian is a language that frequently allows the subject to be omitted when it is understood from the verb form or the context.

So you could also say:

• Verifică tabloul electric.

That can mean He/She is checking the electrical panel, depending on context.

However, when you explicitly say Electricianul, you are naming the subject clearly: The electrician checks the electrical panel.

Yes, but Electricianul verifică tabloul electric is the most neutral and natural order here.

It follows the basic pattern:

• Subject + Verb + Object

Romanian can change word order for emphasis, contrast, or style, but the standard learner-friendly version is exactly this one.

So this sentence is a very typical Romanian structure:

• Electricianul = subject
• verifică = verb
• tabloul electric = direct object

Yes in function, but not in form.

It is the direct object, so grammatically it is in the accusative, but for most nouns in Romanian, the nominative and accusative forms look the same.

So:

• tabloul can be a subject form
• tabloul can also be an object form

The role is understood from word order and context.

This is why you do not see a visible case change here, even though tabloul electric is the object of verifică.

The Romanian letter ă is pronounced like a short neutral vowel, similar to the a in English sofa.

So verifică ends with that sound, not with a strong a like in father.

That final ă is very common in Romanian verb forms, so it is worth getting used to early.