Sunt grăbit acum, pentru că plec la ședință.

In Romanian, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• sunt = I am
• It can also mean they are in some contexts, but here grăbit makes it clear that the speaker means I am.

So Romanian often says:

• Sunt grăbit. = I am in a hurry.

instead of:

• Eu sunt grăbit.

You can add eu if you want emphasis, but it is not necessary.

Grăbit means hurried, in a hurry, or rushed.

So:

• Sunt grăbit literally means I am hurried
• but in natural English it is usually I’m in a hurry

Romanian often uses an adjective where English uses a phrase.

Grăbit is the masculine singular form of the adjective, so it matches a male speaker.

If the speaker is female, it would be:

• Sunt grăbită acum, pentru că plec la ședință.

So the adjective changes to agree with the person speaking:

• masculine: grăbit
• feminine: grăbită

This is very common in Romanian with adjectives and past participle-like forms used as adjectives.

Yes, but it means something slightly different.

• Sunt grăbit acum = I’m in a hurry now / I’m rushed now
• Mă grăbesc acum = I’m hurrying now / I’m hurrying myself now

So:

• sunt grăbit describes your state
• mă grăbesc describes your action

Both are correct, but they are not exactly the same.

Pentru că means because.

In this sentence:

• Sunt grăbit acum, pentru că plec la ședință.
• I’m in a hurry now because I’m leaving for the meeting.

It is the normal, very common way to give a reason in Romanian.

Another way to express cause is fiindcă, which also means because, but pentru că is probably the most common basic choice for learners.

Romanian often uses the present tense for actions that are happening now or are about to happen very soon.

So plec can mean:

• I’m leaving
• I leave
• sometimes even I’m about to leave

In this sentence, the idea is immediate and natural:

• plec la ședință = I’m leaving for the meeting

English also does something similar with I’m leaving for a near-future action.

Plec comes from a pleca, meaning to leave or to go away.

In this sentence, plec la ședință means:

• I’m leaving for the meeting
• or more naturally, I’m going to the meeting

So the idea is not just movement toward the meeting, but departure from where the speaker is now.

La is used here because it expresses movement toward an event or destination.

• plec la ședință = I’m leaving for / going to the meeting

By contrast:

• sunt în ședință = I’m in a meeting

So the difference is:

• la ședință = going to the meeting
• în ședință = already in the meeting

This is a very useful distinction in Romanian.

Both are possible, but they mean slightly different things.

• la ședință = to a meeting / to the meeting in a general, activity-focused sense
• la ședința = to the meeting, referring more specifically to a particular meeting

Romanian often leaves nouns without the definite article in expressions involving routine destinations, activities, or institutions.

So plec la ședință sounds very natural if the focus is simply that the speaker is going to a meeting.

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

Common uses include:

• a work meeting
• an official session
• a therapy or training session

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is meeting.

Yes, acum can move around, although some positions sound more natural than others.

The original sentence:

• Sunt grăbit acum, pentru că plec la ședință.

You could also hear:

• Acum sunt grăbit, pentru că plec la ședință.
• Sunt acum grăbit, pentru că plec la ședință. — possible, but less natural in everyday speech

The most natural choices are usually:

• Sunt grăbit acum
• Acum sunt grăbit

Word order in Romanian is fairly flexible, but the original version sounds very normal.

In standard Romanian writing, a comma before pentru că is very common when it introduces an explanatory clause:

• Sunt grăbit acum, pentru că plec la ședință.

It helps separate the main statement from the reason.

In informal writing, people may sometimes omit such commas, but for correct standard writing, using the comma here is a safe choice.

The special letters here are:

• ă in grăbit and ședință
• ș in ședință
• ț in ședință

Very roughly:

• ă = a short neutral vowel, similar to the a in about
• ș = sh
• ț = ts

So:

• grăbit sounds roughly like gruh-BEET
• ședință sounds roughly like sheh-DEEN-tsuh

These rough English approximations are not perfect, but they are a helpful start.