Dacă priza este stricată, nu pot porni televizorul.

Dacă means if. It introduces a condition:

• Dacă priza este stricată = If the outlet/socket is broken
• nu pot porni televizorul = I can't turn on the TV

So the whole sentence is a standard if-clause + result structure.

Priza means the electrical outlet / socket.

It is a feminine noun:

• singular indefinite: o priză = a socket
• singular definite: priza = the socket

In this sentence, Romanian uses the definite form, so priza means the socket/outlet.

Romanian often adds the definite article to the end of the noun.

So:

• priză = socket / an outlet
• priza = the socket / the outlet

That final -a is the feminine singular definite article attached to the noun.

Because priza is a feminine singular noun, the adjective must agree with it.

• priza = feminine singular
• stricată = feminine singular form of broken

Compare:

• masculine singular: stricat
• feminine singular: stricată
• masculine plural: stricați
• feminine plural: stricate

So priza este stricată literally means the socket is broken, with adjective agreement.

In normal standard Romanian, no. You usually need este here.

• priza este stricată = the socket is broken

Romanian usually keeps the verb to be in this kind of sentence, unlike some languages where it can be omitted.

In casual speech, native speakers may reduce or soften este, but in correct standard Romanian you should include it.

Romanian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• pot = I can
• poți = you can
• poate = he/she can
• putem = we can

So nu pot already means I cannot / I can't.
You could say eu nu pot, but eu is usually added only for emphasis or contrast.

That is the normal Romanian pattern for negation: nu goes before the verb.

• pot = I can
• nu pot = I cannot / I can't

This is very common:

• nu știu = I don't know
• nu vreau = I don't want
• nu vine = he/she isn't coming

After a modal verb like pot (can), Romanian usually uses the infinitive.

• pot porni = I can turn on / start
• vreau pleca would be wrong; you need vreau să plec
• but with a putea, the infinitive is normal: pot porni

So:

• pot = conjugated verb
• porni = infinitive

This structure is similar to English can turn on.

Here a porni means to start / to switch on / to turn on.

For devices, Romanian can use several verbs depending on context:

• a porni televizorul = to turn on the TV
• a aprinde televizorul is less natural, because a aprinde is more literally to light
• a deschide televizorul is sometimes heard in casual speech in some regions, but a porni is a very good standard choice

So in this sentence, a porni is perfectly natural.

Because televizorul is the definite form: the television / the TV.

• televizor = a TV / TV set
• televizorul = the TV

Romanian often attaches the definite article to the end of the noun:

• băiat → băiatul = the boy
• televizor → televizorul = the TV

Yes, that is also correct.

Both are natural:

• Dacă priza este stricată, nu pot porni televizorul.
• Nu pot porni televizorul dacă priza este stricată.

The first version puts the condition first, which often sounds a bit more like setting up the situation.
The second puts the main result first.

So the difference is mostly one of emphasis, not basic meaning.

Usually stricată is the best choice here.

• stricat/stricată = broken, not working, faulty
• rupt/ruptă = broken/snapped/torn physically

For an electrical outlet that does not work properly, stricată sounds natural.
If something is physically cracked or torn away, ruptă might be possible in some contexts, but for appliances and electrical things, stricată is generally safer.

A simple approximation is:

Duh-KAH PREE-zah EH-steh stree-KAH-tuh, noo poht por-NEE teh-leh-vee-ZO-rool

A few helpful notes:

• ă in stricată is a short central vowel, somewhat like a weak uh
• z in priza sounds like English z
• c in Dacă sounds like k
• stress usually falls like this:
  • DÁcă
  • PRIza
  • esTE
  • striCÁtă
  • porNI
  • televiZÓrul

The comma separates the initial conditional clause from the main clause.

• Dacă priza este stricată, = conditional part
• nu pot porni televizorul. = main part

This is very similar to English when the if-clause comes first:

• If the outlet is broken, I can't turn on the TV.

If the main clause comes first, the comma is often not needed:

• Nu pot porni televizorul dacă priza este stricată.