Sunt grăbită, dar tot mă uit încă o dată la hartă înainte să plec, ca să nu pierd trenul.

Grăbită is the feminine singular form of the adjective grăbit (hurried / in a hurry).

So the sentence suggests that the speaker is female:

• Sunt grăbită = I’m in a hurry said by a woman
• Sunt grăbit = I’m in a hurry said by a man

Romanian adjectives usually agree with the gender and number of the person or thing they describe.

Romanian often uses an adjective where English uses a prepositional phrase.

So:

• Sunt grăbită literally means I am hurried
• in natural English, that becomes I’m in a hurry

A closely related Romanian expression is Mă grăbesc, which means I’m hurrying or I’m in a rush.
The difference is roughly:

• Sunt grăbită = describes your state
• Mă grăbesc = focuses more on the action of hurrying

In this sentence, tot means something like still, all the same, or nevertheless.

So:

• dar tot mă uit... = but I still look... / but I look anyway...

It adds the idea that even though the speaker is in a hurry, she checks the map anyway.

This is a very common use of tot in Romanian. It does not mean everything here.

The verb a se uita means to look. It is normally used reflexively and with la when you say what someone is looking at.

So:

• mă uit la hartă = I look at the map
• te uiți la... = you look at...
• se uită la... = he/she looks at...

This is just how the verb works in Romanian:

• mă uit = I look
• la hartă = at the map

You should learn a se uita la as a set pattern.

Încă o dată means one more time or again.

In this sentence:

• tot mă uit încă o dată la hartă = I still look at the map one more time

Both translations again and one more time are possible, but one more time fits especially well here because the speaker is checking the map before leaving.

Compare:

• Mai citesc încă o dată mesajul. = I read the message one more time.
• Spune încă o dată. = Say it again.

After la, Romanian often uses the noun without the definite article when English would say the.

So:

• la hartă = at the map

This is normal after many prepositions. Romanian does not always match English article usage exactly.

Compare:

• Mă uit la televizor. = I’m watching TV
• Merg la școală. = I’m going to school

In context, la hartă can still clearly mean at the map.

Înainte să plec means before I leave.

After înainte, Romanian often uses a clause introduced by să. This is very common when the subject is expressed in a full clause.

So:

• înainte să plec = before I leave

The verb after să is in the subjunctive pattern. In this sentence, plec is the 1st person singular form.

You will also see another structure:

• înainte de a pleca

That also means before leaving / before I leave. Both are correct, but înainte să plec is very natural and common in everyday speech.

After să, Romanian uses the subjunctive form, but for many verbs the present subjunctive looks the same as the present indicative.

For a pleca:

• eu plec = I leave
• să plec = that I leave / for me to leave

So in înainte să plec, the form plec is correct.

The form pleca is not used here.
Pleca can be an imperfect form in other contexts, but not after să in this sentence.

Ca să means so that or in order to.

In the sentence:

• ca să nu pierd trenul = so that I don’t miss the train

It introduces a purpose:

• She checks the map
• for the purpose of not missing the train

Romanian also sometimes uses just să for purpose, but ca să is very common and often clearer for learners.

Yes, a pierde basically means to lose, but like English miss, it can be used in several related ways.

So:

• a pierde cheile = to lose the keys
• a pierde trenul = to miss the train
• a pierde ocazia = to miss the opportunity

In this sentence, să nu pierd trenul does not mean that the speaker physically loses the train. It means she does not want to fail to catch it in time.

Trenul is the train.

Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun:

• tren = a train / train
• trenul = the train

So:

• pierd trenul = I miss the train

This attached article is one of the most important features of Romanian grammar.

Nu is the normal way to make a verb negative in Romanian.

So:

• pierd trenul = I miss the train
• nu pierd trenul = I don’t miss the train

Inside the purpose clause:

• ca să nu pierd trenul = so that I don’t miss the train

Romanian puts nu directly before the verb.

The sentence has three main parts:

1. Sunt grăbită
   = I’m in a hurry

2. dar tot mă uit încă o dată la hartă înainte să plec
   = but I still look at the map one more time before I leave

3. ca să nu pierd trenul
   = so that I don’t miss the train

So the whole sentence works like this:

• statement of situation: I’m in a hurry
• contrast: but I still check the map again
• time clause: before I leave
• purpose clause: so that I don’t miss the train

Yes. A few natural translations are possible:

• I’m in a hurry, but I still look at the map one more time before leaving so I don’t miss the train.
• I’m in a rush, but I still check the map once more before I leave so I won’t miss the train.
• I’m in a hurry, but I still glance at the map again before I go, so I don’t miss the train.

The exact English wording can vary, but the Romanian structure stays the same.