Bărbatul pare norocos.

Because -ul is the definite article attached to the end of the noun. Romanian usually says the man as bărbatul, not with a separate word like English the.

• bărbat = man
• bărbatul = the man

This is very common in Romanian:

• copil → copilul = the child
• profesor → profesorul = the teacher

It is built into bărbatul.

English uses a separate article:

• the man

Romanian usually adds the definite article to the noun:

• bărbatul

So Bărbatul pare norocos. literally breaks down as:

• bărbatul = the man
• pare = seems
• norocos = lucky

Pare is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a părea, meaning to seem or to appear.

So:

• eu par = I seem
• el/ea pare = he/she seems

In this sentence, the subject is bărbatul (the man), which is singular, so pare is the correct form.

Because pare means seems, while este means is.

There is an important difference:

• Bărbatul este norocos. = The man is lucky.
• Bărbatul pare norocos. = The man seems lucky.

So pare expresses appearance or impression, not a definite fact.

Because norocos agrees with bărbatul, which is masculine singular.

Romanian adjectives often change form to match the noun’s:

• gender
• number

Here are the common forms of norocos:

• norocos = masculine singular
• norocoasă = feminine singular
• norocoși = masculine plural
• norocoase = feminine plural

Examples:

• Bărbatul pare norocos. = The man seems lucky.
• Femeia pare norocoasă. = The woman seems lucky.

Because the definite article is attached to the noun, not usually to the adjective in this kind of sentence.

So Romanian says:

• bărbatul = the man
• norocos = lucky

The adjective simply agrees with the noun in gender and number. It does not need its own word for the.

The normal, neutral word order is:

Bărbatul pare norocos.

That is:

• subject
• verb
• adjective/complement

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, but changing it usually changes the emphasis. For a learner, the standard order above is the best one to use.

Yes. Romanian can say both:

• Bărbatul pare norocos.
• Bărbatul pare să fie norocos.

Both mean roughly The man seems lucky.

The version without să fie is shorter and very natural with adjectives like norocos.
The version with să fie is a little more explicit: literally, seems to be lucky.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide is:

bər-BA-tul PA-re no-ro-KOS

A few useful notes:

• ă is a central vowel, like the a in English sofa.
• r is usually tapped or rolled more than in English.
• Stress is commonly:
  • bărBATul
  • PAre
  • noroCOS

Even if your pronunciation is not perfect, getting the stress roughly right will help a lot.

Ă is a very common Romanian vowel. It is a short, neutral sound, similar to the a in English about or sofa.

So in Bărbatul, the first syllable is not a strong bar- like in English bar. It is softer, more like bər-.

Yes. Bărbatul is the subject, because it is the person being described as seeming lucky.

The structure is:

• Bărbatul = subject
• pare = verb
• norocos = adjective describing the subject

So the sentence is built very much like English:

• The man / seems / lucky

Romanian often drops subject pronouns such as el (he) when the verb already shows the person. But here the subject is a full noun phrase, bărbatul, not just a pronoun.

You could say:

• Pare norocos. = He/It seems lucky. / Seems lucky. (depending on context)

But in your sentence, bărbatul is included to make it clear who seems lucky.

Usually, yes: norocos means lucky, fortunate, or having good luck.

Depending on context, English might translate it slightly differently:

• lucky
• fortunate

But lucky is the most direct and common meaning.