Andrei vorbește mai repede decât Ana.

Vorbește means speaks or is speaking, depending on context.

The ending -ește shows that the verb is:

• 3rd person singular
• in the present tense

So Andrei vorbește = Andrei speaks.

The base verb is a vorbi = to speak.
Some present-tense forms are:

• eu vorbesc = I speak
• tu vorbești = you speak
• el/ea vorbește = he/she speaks

So here, vorbește agrees with Andrei.

Yes, in structure it is similar to more fast, but in natural English we say faster.

In Romanian, many comparatives are made with:

• mai = more
• adjective or adverb

So:

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

Romanian does not usually create this kind of comparative by changing the word ending the way English does with fast → faster. Instead, it commonly uses mai.

Here, repede is an adverb, because it describes how Andrei speaks.

It answers the question:

• How does Andrei speak?
• Repede = quickly / fast

So:

• vorbește repede = speaks quickly
• vorbește mai repede = speaks more quickly / speaks faster

Decât means than in comparisons like this one.

So the pattern is:

• mai ... decât ... = more ... than ...

In this sentence:

• mai repede decât Ana = faster than Ana

This is one of the most important comparison patterns in Romanian.

Because Romanian, like English, can leave out repeated words when they are understood.

So:

• Andrei vorbește mai repede decât Ana
  means
• Andrei speaks faster than Ana (does)

The full expanded version would be:

• Andrei vorbește mai repede decât vorbește Ana

But that sounds heavier and is usually unnecessary. The shorter version is normal.

No, not in its normal interpretation.

Here decât Ana is understood as comparing Andrei with Ana:

• Andrei speaks faster than Ana does

If you wanted to say than he speaks to Ana, Romanian would need a different structure, such as something involving cu Ana or a fuller clause. So the sentence naturally compares two people, not a person versus a situation.

This is the most neutral and natural word order:

• Andrei = subject
• vorbește = verb
• mai repede decât Ana = comparison phrase

Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, but this version is the standard one for a simple statement.

You may sometimes hear reordered versions for emphasis, but for learners, the safest pattern is:

• Subject + verb + comparative phrase

So this sentence is a very good model to follow.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

• vor-BESH-te

More specifically:

• vor sounds roughly like English vor
• beș has the sh sound, because ș = sh
• te is a short te

Important spelling point:

• ș is not plain s
• ș = English sh

So:

• vorbește sounds like vor-BESH-te, not vor-BES-te

Both relate to speed, but repede is the more common everyday word in sentences like this.

• repede = quickly / fast
• rapid = rapid / fast, but often feels a bit more formal or descriptive depending on context

With a vorbi (to speak), repede is the natural choice:

• vorbește repede = speaks quickly

A learner should strongly remember repede because it is extremely common in spoken Romanian.

No special visible case ending appears here.

Romanian has case distinctions, but with a sentence like this, Ana simply stays in its normal form.

So:

• decât Ana = than Ana

You do not need to change Ana into a special comparative form.

Yes, often you can.

The verb a vorbi can often correspond to:

• to speak
• to talk

So depending on context:

• Andrei vorbește mai repede decât Ana can be rendered as
  • Andrei speaks faster than Ana
  • Andrei talks faster than Ana

If the meaning has already been given to you, the main grammar point is still the same:

• vorbește = speaks/talks
• mai repede decât = faster than

The key pattern is:

• X + verb + mai + adverb/adjective + decât + Y

In this sentence:

• Andrei = X
• vorbește = verb
• mai repede = faster / more quickly
• decât Ana = than Ana

So the full pattern means:

• Andrei speaks faster than Ana

This is a very useful Romanian structure for comparisons, and you can reuse it in many other sentences.