Confirm că rezervăm o masă la local.

Because Romanian often drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

• confirm = I confirm
• confirmi = you confirm
• confirmă = he/she confirms

So Confirm că... already means I confirm that...
You could say Eu confirm că..., but eu is usually added only for emphasis or contrast.

Că means that.

It introduces a subordinate clause, just like English that in:

• I confirm that we are reserving a table.

So:

• Confirm = I confirm
• că rezervăm... = that we are reserving...

In Romanian, că is very common after verbs of saying, knowing, believing, confirming, and so on.

Rezervăm is the 1st person plural form of a rezerva (to reserve / to book).

So rezervăm means:

• we reserve
• we are reserving
• sometimes we book

Romanian present tense can cover both a simple present and a present progressive meaning, depending on context.

Examples:

• Rezervăm acum. = We’re booking now.
• De obicei rezervăm din timp. = We usually book in advance.

Yes, and that is completely possible.

The sentence means that one speaker is confirming something that a group including the speaker is doing:

• Confirm = I confirm
• rezervăm = we are reserving

So the idea is:

• I confirm that we are reserving a table at the place.

If you wanted the same subject throughout, you could say:

• Confirm că rezerv o masă... = I confirm that I’m reserving a table...
• Confirmăm că rezervăm o masă... = We confirm that we’re reserving a table...

O masă means a table.

• masă = table
• o = the feminine singular indefinite article, meaning a / an

So:

• o masă = a table

Be aware that masă can also mean meal in other contexts, but here with rezervăm it clearly means table.

Because Romanian, like English, often uses an indefinite article when talking about one non-specific thing.

• rezervăm o masă = we’re reserving a table

Without o, the phrase would sound incomplete or unnatural in this context.

Also note that o can mean both:

• a / an (article)
• one (number)

Here it is functioning as the indefinite article.

La local means something like:

• at the venue
• at the place
• at the establishment
• sometimes at the bar/café/restaurant, depending on context

The noun local in Romanian can refer to a business venue such as a café, restaurant, bar, or similar place.

So o masă la local is basically a table at the place / venue.

Depending on context, English might translate this more naturally as:

• a table at the restaurant
• a table at the venue
• a table at the place

It can be understandable, but it depends on context and region.

Local is a real Romanian word meaning a public establishment or venue, but in everyday speech people often say something more specific, such as:

• la restaurant = at the restaurant
• la cafenea = at the café
• la bar = at the bar

So la local is possible, but it can sound a bit vague unless the context already makes clear what kind of place is meant.

Că is pronounced roughly like kuh, but very short and unstressed.

The letter ă is a special Romanian vowel called schwa.
It sounds somewhat like the a in English sofa.

So:

• că ≈ kuh
• not like English cat
• not like English kay

This ă sound also appears in:

• rezervăm
• masă

A simple approximation is:

reh-zehr-VAHM

The final ă is the short Romanian schwa sound, not a full a sound.

A rough breakdown:

• re = reh
• zer = zehr
• văm = vahm, but with Romanian ă, so more like vuhm/văm

The stress is on the last syllable:

• re-zer-VĂM

The dictionary forms are:

• a confirma = to confirm
• a rezerva = to reserve / to book

The sentence uses:

• Confirm from a confirma
• rezervăm from a rezerva

Romanian dictionaries usually list verbs with a in front:

• a confirma
• a rezerva

That a is like the English to in infinitives.

Yes. Romanian present tense is often more flexible than English.

Confirm can mean:

• I confirm
• I am confirming (depending on context, though English usually just says I confirm)

And rezervăm can mean:

• we reserve
• we are reserving

English usually chooses the most natural option from context. In this sentence, I confirm that we are reserving a table... is usually the most natural translation.

Because Romanian usually does not need a separate progressive form like English am/is/are + -ing.

The simple present often covers both meanings:

• rezervăm = we reserve / we are reserving

If needed, Romanian can make the action sound more ongoing with context words such as:

• acum = now
• în momentul acesta = at this moment

But very often the plain present is enough.

Yes. They are close cognates.

• Romanian: a confirma
• English: to confirm

Because of that, the meaning is easy to recognize. But you still need to learn the Romanian verb endings:

• confirm = I confirm
• confirmi = you confirm
• confirmă = he/she confirms
• confirmăm = we confirm

So the stem is familiar, but the grammar is Romanian.

Yes, depending on exactly what you want to say.

Some possible alternatives are:

• Confirm că rezervăm o masă la restaurant.
  I confirm that we’re reserving a table at the restaurant.

• Confirm rezervarea unei mese la local.
  I confirm the reservation of a table at the venue.

• Confirm că vom rezerva o masă la local.
  I confirm that we will reserve a table at the venue.

The original sentence is understandable, but a more specific noun like restaurant may sound more natural in many contexts.

This is a straightforward noun phrase plus a prepositional phrase:

• o masă = a table
• la local = at the venue/place

So la local modifies masă and tells you where the table is being reserved.

Romanian uses the preposition la here, much like English uses at or to, depending on context.

A few key things:

1. Dropped subject pronoun

   • Confirm already means I confirm

2. Subordinate clause with că

   • că = that

3. Present tense ending for we

   • rezervăm = we reserve / we are reserving

4. Indefinite article

   • o masă = a table

5. Romanian special vowel

   • ă in că, rezervăm, masă

6. Possible subject shift

   • I confirm
     • we reserve

This sentence is a good example of how much information Romanian packs into verb forms.