Adoptatorul citește formularul de adopție.

Because -ul is the definite article for many masculine and neuter singular nouns in Romanian. Instead of putting a separate word like English the before the noun, Romanian usually attaches the definite article to the end.

So:

• adoptator = adopter
• adoptatorul = the adopter

and

• formular = form
• formularul = the form

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Romanian.

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

Compare:

• English: the adopter

• Romanian: adoptatorul

• English: the form
• Romanian: formularul

This is completely normal in Romanian. You learn the noun together with its possible article endings.

The dictionary form is a citi, meaning to read.

Citește is the 3rd person singular present form:

• eu citesc = I read
• tu citești = you read
• el/ea citește = he/she reads

So in this sentence, citește means reads.

Because the subject is adoptatorul = the adopter, which is third person singular.

Romanian verbs change depending on the subject:

• eu citesc = I read
• tu citești = you read
• el/ea citește = he/she reads

Since adoptatorul is he/she/it grammatically, Romanian uses citește.

Romanian often omits subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows the person.

So instead of saying something like:

• El citește formularul de adopție

Romanian can simply say:

• Adoptatorul citește formularul de adopție

The noun adoptatorul already tells you who is doing the action, so no extra pronoun is necessary.

Because de + noun is a very common way in Romanian to express a type or purpose, similar to English noun combinations like adoption form, coffee cup, train station, etc.

So:

• formular de adopție = adoption form / form for adoption
• formularul de adopție = the adoption form

Using adopției would create a different structure, more like the form of the adoption, which is not the most natural meaning here.

Because adopție is being used in an indefinite, general sense after de.

Compare:

• o adopție = an adoption
• adopția = the adoption
• de adopție = of adoption / for adoption

In formularul de adopție, the word adopție is not referring to one specific adoption already identified as the adoption. It is just naming the type of form.

A helpful approximation is chee-TEHSH-teh.

A few pronunciation points:

• ci at the beginning sounds like chee
• ș sounds like English sh
• ește sounds roughly like EHSH-teh

So citește is approximately:

• chee-TEHSH-teh

The stress is on the middle syllable: ci-TEȘ-te.

There are two special letters here:

• ț in adopție = like ts in cats
• ș in citește = like sh in shoe

So:

• adopție sounds roughly like a-dop-tsi-eh
• citește sounds roughly like chee-TEHSH-teh

These diacritics matter. Without them, the pronunciation and sometimes even the meaning can change.

Yes, grammatical gender matters in Romanian because it affects articles and sometimes adjective forms.

In this sentence:

• adoptator is masculine
• formular is neuter

Romanian neuter is a special category: neuter nouns behave like masculine in the singular and feminine in the plural.

That is why formularul takes a singular article that looks masculine.

The normal, neutral word order here is:

• Adoptatorul citește formularul de adopție.

That is basically Subject + Verb + Object, just like English.

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, though, especially for emphasis. For example, you could move parts around in some contexts, but this sentence is the most natural neutral version.

So for learners, this is a good default pattern to remember:

• subject
• verb
• object

The indefinite forms are:

• adoptator = an adopter / adopter
• formular = a form / form
• adopție = adoption

If you wanted an indefinite version of the whole phrase, you could have:

• Un adoptator citește un formular de adopție.
  = An adopter is reading an adoption form.

This helps show the contrast between:

• adoptator / adoptatorul
• formular / formularul

Yes, adoptatorul is the masculine form meaning the male adopter or simply the adopter when masculine is intended.

If you wanted a feminine form, Romanian would normally use:

• adoptatoarea = the female adopter

So the sentence would become:

• Adoptatoarea citește formularul de adopție.

This is useful because Romanian often marks masculine and feminine more clearly than English does.