Cine mai vine la ședință?

In Romanian, cine (who) normally takes the 3rd person singular verb form, even when you are really asking which person or people.

So Romanian says:

• Cine vine? = Who is coming?
• Cine mai vine la ședință? = Who else is coming to the meeting?

This is one of those places where Romanian and English don’t match perfectly. English does not visibly mark the verb much here, but Romanian does, and the standard form after cine is singular.

Here, mai means something like else.

So:

• Cine vine la ședință? = Who is coming to the meeting?
• Cine mai vine la ședință? = Who else is coming to the meeting?

This little word is very common in Romanian and can have several meanings in other contexts, such as still, more, or again, depending on the sentence. In this sentence, the natural English equivalent is else.

Yes. If you leave it out, the sentence is still correct, but the meaning changes slightly.

• Cine vine la ședință? = Who is coming to the meeting?
• Cine mai vine la ședință? = Who else is coming to the meeting?

So mai adds the idea that some attendees are already known, and you are asking about additional people.

Vine is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a veni (to come).

A few present-tense forms are:

• eu vin = I come / I’m coming
• tu vii = you come / you’re coming
• el/ea vine = he/she comes / is coming

Since cine takes a singular verb, you get cine vine.

In this sentence, la means to / at, and Romanian normally uses la with events, meetings, classes, appointments, and similar destinations or contexts.

So:

• la ședință = to the meeting / at the meeting
• la școală = to school / at school
• la medic = to the doctor

Using în would usually suggest being physically inside something, and it would not be the normal choice here. For a meeting, la ședință is the natural phrasing.

Romanian often does not use the definite article in the same places where English uses the.

Here, la ședință naturally translates as to the meeting or at the meeting, even though ședință itself is not marked as definite.

That is very common after prepositions in Romanian, especially when the situation already makes the reference clear.

Compare:

• Merg la ședință. = I’m going to the meeting.
• Sunt la ședință. = I’m at the meeting.

So even without a separate word for the, the phrase can still be definite in meaning.

Ședință usually means meeting, session, or appointment, depending on context.

Common uses include:

• a work meeting
• a formal session
• a therapy session or consultation in some contexts

In Cine mai vine la ședință?, the most natural meaning is meeting.

A rough pronunciation is she-DIN-tsuh.

A few useful details:

• ș sounds like English sh
• e is like e in bed
• ț sounds like ts
• final ă is the Romanian schwa, like the weak vowel sound in the second syllable of sofa

So:

• șe ≈ she
• din ≈ deen/din with a short i
• ță ≈ tsuh

Put together: she-DIN-tsuh

A rough guide is:

CHEE-neh my VEE-neh la she-DIN-tsuh?

More closely:

• Cine = CHEE-ne
• mai = like English my
• vine = VEE-ne
• la = lah
• ședință = she-DIN-tsuh

The main stress is on:

• CÍ-ne
• ví-ne
• șe-DÍN-ță

The standard order here is:

Cine mai vine la ședință?

This is the most neutral and natural way to say it.

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, so other orders are possible for emphasis, such as:

• La ședință cine mai vine?

But for a learner, the basic version is best to use.

In this sentence, no: cine clearly means who.

It is the normal Romanian interrogative pronoun for asking about a person:

• Cine este? = Who is it?
• Cine vine? = Who is coming?

So in Cine mai vine la ședință?, cine is simply who.

It is neutral and natural. There is nothing especially formal or informal about it.

The level of formality mostly depends on the situation and tone:

• At work, it sounds perfectly normal.
• In a casual group, it also sounds normal.

The noun ședință can sound a bit more official than meeting in some contexts, but it is still a very common everyday word.