Learn Hardcore Romanian: El glumește cu echipa.

Breakdown of El glumește cu echipa.

Why is El included? Isn’t Romanian a language where you can drop the subject pronoun?

Yes. In Romanian, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb ending already shows the person.

So:

Adding el makes the subject more explicit. A speaker might include it:

for emphasis
for contrast, as in El glumește, dar ea e serioasă = He jokes, but she is serious
for clarity in context

So in many situations, El is optional here.

What does glumește mean exactly?

Glumește comes from the verb a glumi, which means to joke.

So glumește means:

Romanian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous in English, depending on context.

So this sentence could mean:

What form of the verb is glumește?