Învățăm pas cu pas, pentru că diferența dintre română și engleză nu este mică.

In Romanian, the verb ending usually shows the subject, so the pronoun is often omitted.

• învăț = I learn
• înveți = you learn
• învață = he/she learns
• învățăm = we learn
• învățați = you all learn
• învață = they learn

So Învățăm already means we learn / we are learning.
You could add noi for emphasis, but it is not necessary:

• Noi învățăm = we are learning

Also, by itself, Învățăm is a present-tense statement, not let’s learn. For let’s learn, Romanian normally uses Să învățăm.

Învățăm is the 1st person plural, present indicative form of the verb a învăța.

So it corresponds to:

• we learn
• we are learning

Romanian present tense often covers both the simple and continuous idea that English separates.

Yes, pas cu pas is a very common fixed expression meaning step by step.

Literally, it is:

• pas = step
• cu = with
• pas = step

So the literal structure is something like step with step, but you should learn it as the Romanian equivalent of step by step.

It is used adverbially, so it describes how something is done:

• Învățăm pas cu pas = We learn step by step

Pentru că is the most common and straightforward way to say because in Romanian.

Other possibilities include:

• fiindcă
• deoarece
• căci

But pentru că is extremely natural and common in everyday language.

In this sentence, it introduces the reason:

• Învățăm pas cu pas, pentru că... = We learn step by step, because...

In Romanian, subordinate clauses are often separated by a comma more regularly than in English.

Here, pentru că diferența dintre română și engleză nu este mică is a clause giving the reason, so the comma is standard:

• Învățăm pas cu pas, pentru că...

An English speaker may feel tempted to omit it because English often would, but in Romanian the comma is normal here.

Because diferența is the definite form: the difference.

Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun:

• diferență = a difference
• diferența = the difference

So:

• diferența dintre română și engleză = the difference between Romanian and English

This attached definite article is one of the big structural differences from English.

With diferența, Romanian very commonly uses the pattern:

• diferența dintre X și Y = the difference between X and Y

So in this sentence, dintre is the standard choice.

A useful thing to remember is not just the isolated word dintre, but the whole pattern:

• diferența dintre A și B
• deosebirea dintre A și B

For a learner, it is best to memorize diferența dintre as a set phrase.

Because when Romanian names languages, it often uses a feminine form, with limba understood.

• limbă = language
• limba română = the Romanian language
• limba engleză = the English language

Since limbă is feminine, the adjectives agree with it:

• română
• engleză

Even when limba is omitted, the feminine form remains:

• română = Romanian
• engleză = English

So this is not random gender; it comes from an implied feminine noun.

Because here the sentence is talking about the languages in a general sense, and Romanian normally does not use an article in that kind of structure.

So:

• română = Romanian
• engleză = English

not

• româna
• engleza

in this sentence.

You may see româna or engleza in other contexts, especially when the language is the subject or object in a more specific way:

• Româna este frumoasă = Romanian is beautiful
• Învăț engleza = I am learning English

But after dintre, in this general comparison, the bare forms română and engleză are natural.

Because the adjective must agree with diferența, and diferența is:

• feminine
• singular
• definite

So the adjective must also be feminine singular:

• mic = small, masculine singular
• mică = small, feminine singular

Since diferența is feminine, Romanian says:

• diferența ... nu este mică

not mic.

Grammatically, it simply means is not small. But in real usage, it often suggests something like:

• considerable
• significant
• fairly big

So it can have a slightly understated effect, similar to English not small or not insignificant.

It sounds more measured than directly saying este mare.

Yes. In everyday Romanian, este is very often shortened to e.

So these are both correct:

• nu este mică
• nu e mică

The longer form este may sound a bit more neutral, careful, or formal, while e is very common in speech.

Because Romanian expresses this comparison with the pattern:

• dintre X și Y = between X and Y

So și here is simply and:

• română și engleză = Romanian and English

That is the normal way to link the two items being compared.

This sentence contains several important Romanian letters:

• Î / î as in Învățăm
• â as in română
• ă as in învățăm, diferența, română, engleză, mică
• ț as in învățăm, diferența

A quick guide:

• ă = a short central vowel, somewhat like the a in about
• â and î = the same sound, a close central vowel that English does not really have
• ț = ts, like in cats

Also, â and î represent the same sound, but Romanian spelling rules determine where each is used. Very roughly:

• î is used at the beginning and end of words
• â is usually used inside words

That is why you see:

• Învățăm
• română

Even though î and â sound the same.

Yes, Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, though the given version is very natural.

The sentence starts with the main idea and then gives the reason:

• Învățăm pas cu pas, pentru că...

You could also put the reason first:

• Pentru că diferența dintre română și engleză nu este mică, învățăm pas cu pas.

That is still correct, but it shifts the focus slightly. The original version sounds very natural and straightforward.