Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

Alegem is the 1st person plural present tense of the verb a alege, which means to choose.

So:

• a alege = to choose
• aleg = I choose
• alegem = we choose

That is why the sentence does not need a separate word for we. The verb ending already shows the subject.

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns when they are already clear from the verb form.

Here, alegem already means we choose, so noi is unnecessary.

You could say:

• Noi alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

But this would usually add emphasis, something like We choose the order... rather than someone else.

This is similar to other Romance languages such as Spanish or Italian.

Ordinea is the definite form of ordine, meaning the order.

In Romanian, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun, not placed as a separate word before it.

So:

• ordine = order
• ordinea = the order

That means ordinea serviciului literally means the order of the service or more naturally the service order.

Serviciului is the genitive/dative singular definite form of serviciu.

Here it is used in the genitive, because it means of the service.

So:

• serviciu = service / serve / job / service-related meaning depending on context
• serviciul = the service
• serviciului = of the service / to the service

In this sentence, the structure is:

• ordinea serviciului = the order of the service

In sports, serviciu can mean serve or service, as in tennis, volleyball, and similar contexts.

Romanian often shows possession or of relationships by putting the second noun in the genitive case.

So instead of using a separate word like English of, Romanian changes the form of the noun:

• ordinea serviciului = the order of the service

This is a very common pattern:

• ușa casei = the door of the house
• culoarea mașinii = the color of the car
• finalul meciului = the end of the match

So serviciului is doing the job that of the service does in English.

Înainte de means before when it is followed by a noun.

So:

• înainte de meci = before the match

The word de is required in this structure. You cannot normally say înainte meci.

Compare:

• înainte de meci = before the match
• înainte să înceapă meciul = before the match starts

So Romanian uses:

• înainte de + noun
• înainte să + verb

After înainte de, Romanian often uses a noun without the definite article, especially in general time expressions.

So:

• înainte de meci = before the match / before a match, depending on context

In practice, English may translate it as before the match if the match is already understood from the situation.

Romanian often sounds natural here without the definite article, even when English prefers the.

You may also hear definite forms in some contexts, but înainte de meci is very normal and idiomatic.

Yes. Serviciu is a word with several meanings, and context decides which one is intended.

Common meanings include:

• service
• job / work
• serve in sports

For example:

• Sunt la serviciu. = I am at work.
• Serviciul este bun. = The service is good.
• Cine are serviciul? = Who has the serve?

In your sentence, because of înainte de meci, the sports meaning is the natural one.

Yes. Romanian word order is fairly flexible, especially with adverbial phrases like înainte de meci.

For example, these are all possible:

• Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.
• Înainte de meci, alegem ordinea serviciului.

The second version puts more focus on before the match.

The original order is perfectly natural and neutral.

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

ah-LEH-jem OR-di-neh-ah ser-VEE-chee-oo-luy eeh-NAIN-teh deh MECH

A few helpful points:

• g in alegem sounds like the j in judge
• ci in meci sounds like ch in check
• iu in serviciului is part of a Romanian ending and may feel compressed to English speakers
• stress is roughly:
  • aLEgem
  • orDInea
  • serviCIUlui
  • înAINte
  • MECI

Romanian pronunciation is usually more regular than English spelling.

Usually, Romanian still uses the simple present:

• Alegem ordinea serviciului înainte de meci.

This can mean:

• we choose
• we are choosing

depending on context.

Romanian does not use a progressive tense like English are choosing in the same way. The plain present often covers both ideas.

If you really want to emphasize an ongoing action, you would usually do it with context or extra wording, not with a special tense form like English.