Verific emailul înainte de ședință, dar ar trebui să verific și raportul.

Romanian often drops subject pronouns when they are obvious from the verb form.

• verific = I check / I am checking
• so eu verific is possible, but eu is usually unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast

For example:

• Verific emailul. = I’m checking the email.
• Eu verific emailul, nu el. = I’m checking the email, not him.

So in your sentence, the verb already tells you the subject is I.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun, instead of using a separate word like the in English.

• email = email

• emailul = the email

• raport = report
• raportul = the report

This is one of the most important differences from English. Instead of the report, Romanian says report-the.

Here, -ul is a common masculine/neuter singular definite ending.

After înainte de (before), Romanian very often uses the noun without the definite article, especially in everyday speech.

So:

• înainte de ședință = before the meeting
• literally, something like before meeting

This is very natural Romanian.

You may also see more explicit forms such as:

• înaintea ședinței

That version sounds a bit more formal or more specifically tied to a particular meeting. In everyday speech, înainte de ședință is extremely common.

Ar trebui să is a very common way to say should or ought to.

In this sentence:

• ar trebui să verific = I should check

Grammatically, it comes from the verb a trebui (to be necessary / to have to) used in the conditional:

• trebuie = it is necessary / must
• ar trebui = it would be necessary / should

So ar trebui să verific literally means something like:

• it would be necessary for me to check

But in normal English, the best translation is simply I should check.

Because after ar trebui, Romanian normally uses a verb introduced by să.

So the pattern is:

• ar trebui să + verb

Examples:

• Ar trebui să plec. = I should leave.
• Ar trebui să citesc. = I should read.
• Ar trebui să verific. = I should check.

English uses a bare verb after should (should check), but Romanian needs să here.

In this sentence, repeating verific is the normal and clear option:

• Verific emailul înainte de ședință, dar ar trebui să verific și raportul.

English can sometimes avoid repetition more easily, but Romanian often keeps the second verb, especially after a structure like ar trebui să.

If you removed it, the sentence would sound incomplete or unnatural in standard Romanian, because ar trebui să expects a verb after it.

So:

• ar trebui să verific și raportul = correct
• ar trebui să și raportul = incorrect

Here și means also / too, and its position shows what is being added.

• să verific și raportul = to also check the report / to check the report too

The focus is on raportul: not only the email, but the report as well.

Compare:

• Și verific raportul. = And I check the report.
• Verific și raportul. = I check the report too / also

So in your sentence, și is placed where it naturally adds the report to the list of things to check.

Yes, verific is present tense, first person singular:

• (eu) verific = I check / I am checking

In Romanian, the present tense can cover several English ideas, depending on context:

• I check
• I am checking
• sometimes even a habitual action like I check regularly

In this sentence, Verific emailul înainte de ședință most naturally means something habitual or normal:

• I check the email before the meeting

So Romanian uses the present tense here just as English often does for routines.

Dar is the conjunction but.

It connects two contrasting ideas:

• Verific emailul înainte de ședință
• dar ar trebui să verific și raportul

So the contrast is:

• I do check the email
• but I should also check the report

It is a very common Romanian connector.

Ședință usually means meeting, but depending on context it can also mean session.

Common uses include:

• a work meeting
• a formal meeting
• a session, such as a therapy session or parliamentary session

In your sentence, the most natural meaning is meeting.

Also note the definite form:

• ședință = meeting
• ședința = the meeting

Two important Romanian letters here are:

• ș = like sh in shop
• ă = a short central vowel, somewhat like the a in sofa

So:

• ședință sounds roughly like sheh-DEEN-tsuh
• să sounds roughly like suh, but shorter and lighter than English uh

A rough pronunciation of the whole sentence is:

• veh-REEF-ee-k eh-MAI-lool oo-NAIN-teh deh sheh-DEEN-tsuh, dar ar treh-BWEE suh veh-REEF-ee shee ra-POR-tool

That is only approximate, but it can help you get started.