Dacă încercăm împreună, reușim să terminăm totul mai repede.

Dacă means if. It introduces a condition:

• Dacă încercăm împreună = If we try together

It is a very common word for if in Romanian.

Romanian often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

In this sentence:

• încercăm = we try
• reușim = we manage / we succeed
• terminăm = we finish

So noi (we) is not necessary. You could say Dacă noi încercăm împreună..., but that would usually add emphasis.

Încercăm is the 1st person plural present form of a încerca (to try).

So:

• eu încerc = I try
• tu încerci = you try
• noi încercăm = we try

In the sentence, it means we try.

Împreună means together.

Here:

• încercăm împreună = we try together

It usually comes after the verb, but Romanian word order is somewhat flexible. This position is very natural.

The comma separates the if-clause from the main clause.

• Dacă încercăm împreună = conditional part
• reușim să terminăm totul mai repede = main result

This is similar to English writing:

• If we try together, we manage to finish everything faster.

So the comma is normal and expected here.

Not exactly. Reușim comes from a reuși, which means to succeed, to manage, or to be able to accomplish something successfully.

So:

• reușim să terminăm = we manage to finish
• or we succeed in finishing

It is a little different from putem (we can), which only expresses ability or possibility.

Compare:

• putem să terminăm = we can finish
• reușim să terminăm = we manage to finish / we succeed in finishing

So reușim suggests a successful outcome, not just possibility.

After a reuși, Romanian normally uses să + verb.

So:

• reușim să terminăm = we manage to finish

This să introduces the Romanian subjunctive structure, which is very common after many verbs.

English often uses to + verb, but Romanian often uses să + verb instead.

Yes, it looks the same as the present tense form, but here it is part of the subjunctive construction after să.

• terminăm by itself = we finish
• să terminăm = that we finish / to finish

In many Romanian verbs, the 1st person plural subjunctive looks identical to the present indicative form. The word să tells you it is functioning as a subjunctive.

Totul means everything.

It is built from tot (all / everything) plus the definite ending -ul.

So:

• tot can mean all or be part of other structures
• totul = everything

In this sentence:

• să terminăm totul = to finish everything

Mai repede means faster or more quickly.

• repede = fast / quickly
• mai repede = faster / more quickly

Here it compares the result to a slower alternative:

• terminăm totul mai repede = we finish everything faster

Sometimes yes, depending on context. Mai repede can suggest either:

• faster / more quickly
• sooner / earlier

In this sentence, faster is the most natural translation because it refers to completing the task in less time.

Yes, Romanian allows some flexibility in word order, though the original version is very natural.

For example, you might also hear:

• Dacă încercăm împreună, terminăm totul mai repede.
• Dacă încercăm împreună, reușim mai repede să terminăm totul.

But the original:

• Dacă încercăm împreună, reușim să terminăm totul mai repede.

is smooth and clear. It emphasizes the idea of managing to finish.

A rough English-style pronunciation could be:

DUH-kuh in-cher-KUM im-pray-oo-NUH, reh-oo-SHEEM suh ter-mee-NUHM TOH-tool mai REH-peh-deh

A few useful notes:

• ă is a short neutral vowel, like the a in about
• î sounds somewhat like a close central vowel, not exactly like a normal English vowel
• ce in încercăm sounds like che in chess
• ș sounds like sh

This is only an approximation, but it can help as a starting point.