Administratorul inspectează țeava.

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

So:

• administratorul = the administrator
• țeava = the pipe

This is one of the first big differences English speakers notice in Romanian.

The ending -ul is the masculine singular definite article here. It means the.

• administrator = administrator / an administrator
• administratorul = the administrator

So -ul is not a separate word; it is attached directly to the noun.

Because țeava is the definite singular form of the feminine noun țeavă.

• țeavă = a pipe / pipe
• țeava = the pipe

For many feminine nouns in Romanian, the definite article in the singular appears as -a attached to the noun. So this is the feminine equivalent of adding the.

Inspectează is the 3rd person singular present tense of the verb a inspecta = to inspect.

So it means:

• he inspects
• she inspects
• it inspects

In this sentence, because the subject is administratorul, the natural translation is the administrator inspects.

Romanian often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb ending already gives that information.

Here, inspectează already tells you the verb is 3rd person singular, so Romanian does not need to say el or ea unless there is special emphasis or contrast.

So:

• Administratorul inspectează țeava. = normal, natural
• El inspectează țeava. = He inspects the pipe, with more emphasis on he

Because țeava is a direct object, but it is an inanimate thing, and Romanian normally does not use pe with ordinary inanimate direct objects.

You often see pe before direct objects when they are:

• people
• specific animate beings
• certain pronouns

Examples:

• Văd administratorul. = I see the administrator.
• Îl văd pe administrator. = I see the administrator.
  (Here pe is common because it refers to a person.)

But:

• Inspectează țeava. = He/She inspects the pipe.
  No pe is needed.

A few sounds may be new for an English speaker:

• ț sounds like ts in cats
• ă is a short central vowel, somewhat like the a in sofa
• ea is usually pronounced like ya/ea in one syllable sequence

Rough guides:

• țeava ≈ TSEA-va
• inspectează ≈ in-spek-TEA-zə

Also note that Romanian stress here falls roughly like this:

• țeá-va
• inspec-teá-ză

The dictionary forms are:

• administrator = administrator
• a inspecta = to inspect
• țeavă = pipe

In the sentence, the nouns appear in their definite forms:

• administratorul
• țeava

And the verb appears in a conjugated form:

• inspectează

So when looking words up, you would usually search for administrator, a inspecta, and țeavă.

This Subject–Verb–Object order is the most neutral and common:

• Administratorul = subject
• inspectează = verb
• țeava = object

Romanian word order is fairly flexible, though, and can change for emphasis.

For example:

• Administratorul inspectează țeava. = neutral
• Țeava o inspectează administratorul. = emphasizes the pipe
• Inspectează țeava administratorul. = less neutral, more context-dependent

For a beginner, the original order is the safest and most natural pattern to use.

Yes, it matters because Romanian nouns have grammatical gender, and that affects things like articles and adjective agreement.

Here:

• administrator is masculine
• țeavă is feminine

That is why their definite forms look different:

• masculine singular: administratorul
• feminine singular: țeava

Learning the gender of each noun is important in Romanian, because many other words will need to match it.