Chiria se plătește în zece zile.

Chirie means rent.

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

So:

• chirie = rent
• chiria = the rent

In this sentence, chiria is the subject: the rent.

It comes from the verb a plăti = to pay.

• plătește = pays / is paying (3rd person singular, present tense)
• se plătește = a very common Romanian structure meaning is paid or one pays

So se plătește here is best understood as a passive-like form:

• Chiria se plătește = The rent is paid

It does not literally mean the rent pays itself.

It is formally built with the reflexive particle se, but in this sentence it functions like a passive or impersonal construction.

That means Romanian often uses se + verb where English would use is/are + past participle.

Compare:

• Se vinde casa. = The house is being sold.
• Chiria se plătește... = The rent is paid...

So for a learner, the most useful way to understand it is: this is the common Romanian se-passive.

Romanian often uses the present tense for:

• general rules
• instructions
• official statements
• habitual actions
• scheduled actions

So even if English might say something like must be paid or is to be paid, Romanian can simply say se plătește.

Here the present tense sounds natural and matter-of-fact, like a rule or payment condition.

Literally, it is in ten days.

But depending on context, especially in administrative or payment language, it often means within ten days.

So this phrase can sometimes feel a little broader than the English phrase in ten days.

If Romanian wants to be extra explicit about a deadline, you may also see:

• în termen de zece zile = within ten days
• în decurs de zece zile = over the course of ten days / within ten days

So în zece zile is natural, but context is important.

Because chiria is singular.

Romanian verbs agree with the subject:

• chiria se plătește = the rent is paid
• chiriile se plătesc = the rents are paid

So the singular verb form matches the singular noun chiria.

Yes, that is grammatically possible, but it has a different feel.

• Chiria se plătește... = more natural for a general rule, instruction, or standard procedure
• Chiria este plătită... = more like a true passive or a resulting state, and often less natural in this kind of practical statement

In everyday and official Romanian, the se-passive is often preferred in sentences like this.

Yes. Romanian word order is more flexible than English.

The neutral order here is:

• Chiria se plătește în zece zile.

But you could also say:

• În zece zile se plătește chiria.

That version puts more emphasis on the time phrase.

So the original sentence is the most straightforward, but other orders are possible depending on emphasis.

A rough English-friendly approximation is:

kee-REE-ah seh pluh-TEHSH-teh uhn ZE-che ZEE-leh

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• ch before i here sounds like k, not like English ch
• ă is a short central vowel, somewhat like the a in about
• ș sounds like sh
• ce in zece sounds like che in check, but shorter
• zile = ZEE-leh

So:

• chiria ≈ kee-REE-ah
• plătește ≈ pluh-TEHSH-teh