Familia pregătește nunta.

In Romanian, the definite article is usually attached to the end of the noun, not written as a separate word like English the.

So:

• familie = family
• familia = the family

and

• nuntă = wedding
• nunta = the wedding

That is why both nouns end in -a here: they are both definite.

Romanian normally uses a postposed definite article, which means the article goes at the end of the noun.

Compare:

• English: the family

• Romanian: familia

• English: the wedding
• Romanian: nunta

This is one of the most noticeable differences between Romanian and English.

Pregătește is the 3rd person singular present form of the verb a pregăti, meaning to prepare.

Here it agrees with familia because familia is singular:

• eu pregătesc = I prepare
• tu pregătești = you prepare
• el/ea pregătește = he/she prepares
• familia pregătește = the family prepares

So pregătește means prepares.

Because the subject is familia, which is third person singular.

Romanian verbs change depending on the subject. Since familia = the family is singular, the verb must also be singular:

• familia pregătește = the family prepares

If the subject were plural, the verb would change too:

• familiile pregătesc nunta = the families prepare the wedding

It is grammatically singular.

Even though family refers to several people, Romanian treats familia as one singular unit, just like English often does in American English.

So:

• Familia pregătește... = singular verb

Not:

• Familia pregătesc...

In this sentence, nunta is the direct object because it is the thing being prepared.

Romanian often shows who is doing what through:

1. the verb meaning
2. the word order
3. the fact that some nouns do not change much between subject and object in this kind of sentence

So in Familia pregătește nunta:

• familia = the doer, the subject
• pregătește = prepares
• nunta = what is being prepared, the direct object

There is no special marker here because Romanian does not always mark direct objects separately.

Romanian uses pe mainly with specific human direct objects, and sometimes in other special cases.

For example:

• Văd fata. = I see the girl.
• O văd pe Maria. = I see Maria.

But nunta is not a person, so pe is not used here.

That is why we simply say:

• Familia pregătește nunta.

The basic word order is Subject – Verb – Object, just like in English:

• Familia = subject
• pregătește = verb
• nunta = object

So:

• Familia pregătește nunta.
• The family prepares the wedding.

This is the most neutral and natural order.

Yes, Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, although Familia pregătește nunta is the most neutral version.

For example, different orders can add emphasis:

• Nunta o pregătește familia. = It is the family that is preparing the wedding.
• Pregătește familia nunta. = possible in certain contexts, often with a different emphasis or in a question-like tone

But for a learner, the safest pattern is the standard one:

• Subject + Verb + Object

A rough English-friendly guide is:

• pre-guh-TEHSH-te

A few important sounds:

• ă is a short central vowel, something like the a in about, but shorter
• ș is pronounced sh
• the stress falls on teș: pregăTEȘte

So the word sounds approximately like pre-guh-TEHSH-te.

A rough guide:

• familia ≈ fa-mee-LEE-a
• nunta ≈ NOON-ta

Notes:

• In familia, the final -ia is pronounced as two vowels, not as a single English ya
• In nunta, u sounds like oo in food
• The stress is usually:
  • famiLIA
  • NUNta

The indefinite forms are:

• familie = a family / family
• nuntă = a wedding / wedding

The definite forms in the sentence are:

• familia = the family
• nunta = the wedding

So the sentence without definite articles would look like:

• O familie pregătește o nuntă. = A family is preparing a wedding.

Because nuntă is a feminine singular noun, and in the definite singular it typically takes -a.

So:

• nuntă → nunta

This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -ă:

• casă → casa = house → the house
• masă → masa = table → the table
• nuntă → nunta = wedding → the wedding

Its basic meaning is to prepare, but depending on context it can overlap with ideas like get ready, make ready, or sometimes part of organize/arrange.

So Familia pregătește nunta most naturally means:

• The family is preparing the wedding
• or The family is getting the wedding ready

In real life, that can include planning, arranging, organizing, and setting things up.

Often yes, because Romanian is a language that frequently allows the subject pronoun to be omitted when the verb form already shows the person.

For example:

• Pregătește nunta. = He/She is preparing the wedding or It prepares the wedding, depending on context

But in your sentence, familia is included because the speaker wants to say clearly who is doing the action:

• Familia pregătește nunta.

By itself, familia literally means the family.

Depending on context, it can refer to the speaker’s family, someone else’s family, or a family already known in the conversation. But grammatically it does not specifically mean my family or our family.

If you want to be explicit, you would say:

• familia mea = my family
• familia noastră = our family

So familia alone is simply the family.