Poliția vede mulțimea.

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

• poliție = police

• poliția = the police

• mulțime = crowd
• mulțimea = the crowd

This is one of the most important features of Romanian grammar. The article is attached to the noun.

Vede is the present tense form: sees.

• a vedea = to see
• vede = he/she/it sees

So in Poliția vede mulțimea, the verb means sees, not to see.

Romanian usually uses an enclitic definite article, which means the article is added to the end of the noun.

So instead of:

• English: the police
• Romanian: poliția

And instead of:

• English: the crowd
• Romanian: mulțimea

This is completely normal in Romanian and happens very often.

Grammatically, poliția is singular.

Even though English the police often behaves like a plural idea, Romanian poliția is a singular noun. That is why the verb is singular:

• Poliția vede = The police sees / The police are seeing in the sense of the police force sees

Romanian treats poliția as a singular institution or body.

The -a here is part of the definite article for a feminine singular noun.

• mulțime = crowd
• mulțimea = the crowd

So the ending changes because the noun becomes definite. This is very common with feminine nouns in Romanian.

In this sentence, word order helps:

• Poliția = the subject, the one doing the action
• vede = sees
• mulțimea = the object, the one being seen

So:

• Poliția vede mulțimea = The police sees the crowd

Romanian often uses subject-verb-object order like English, especially in simple sentences.

Yes, Romanian word order is more flexible than English, but the basic order here is the most neutral:

• Poliția vede mulțimea.

Other orders are possible for emphasis, but they may sound more marked or literary depending on context. For a beginner, it is best to learn this sentence as a standard subject + verb + object pattern.

The letter ț is pronounced like ts in English cats.

So:

• poliția sounds roughly like po-lee-TSEE-a
• mulțimea sounds roughly like mool-TSEE-me-a

The comma under ț is important. It is a separate Romanian letter.

The letter ă is a special Romanian vowel. It sounds like a short, relaxed uh sound, similar to the first sound in about for many English speakers.

In this particular sentence, there is no ă, but learners often ask about Romanian special letters in general. The special Romanian letters you should watch for are:

• ă
• â
• î
• ș
• ț

Because the main verb here is vede = sees. English also would not use is or are in this sentence:

• The police sees the crowd.

So Romanian does not need any extra verb here. The action is fully expressed by vede.

The dictionary forms are usually the indefinite singular for nouns and the infinitive for verbs:

• poliție = police
• mulțime = crowd
• a vedea = to see

In the sentence, the nouns appear in their definite forms:

• poliția
• mulțimea

And the verb appears in a conjugated form:

• vede

Yes, mulțime is a feminine noun.

You can see that in the definite singular form:

• mulțime
• mulțimea

Many Romanian nouns ending in -e are feminine, though you should still learn each noun carefully.

No. Romanian usually does not need a subject pronoun if the subject noun is already present.

Here, poliția is the subject, so nothing else is needed:

• Poliția vede mulțimea.

Even when there is no noun, Romanian often drops subject pronouns because the verb form already gives useful information.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

po-lee-TSEE-a VEH-de mool-TSEE-me-a

That is only approximate, but it can help at the start.

A more careful breakdown:

• Poliția → po-lee-TSEE-a
• vede → VEH-de
• mulțimea → mool-TSEE-me-a

Yes. Vede is present tense, so the whole sentence is in the present:

• Poliția vede mulțimea.
• The police sees / is seeing the crowd.

Depending on context, English may translate the Romanian present tense in more than one way.