Ieșim în oraș joi.

Ieșim is the 1st person plural present tense of a ieși, meaning to go out or to come out.

So ieșim can mean:

• we go out
• we are going out
• we’re going out (for a planned future event, depending on context)

In this sentence, it is very natural to understand it as a present form used for a near-future plan.

Romanian often drops subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, -im in ieșim tells you it means we.

So:

• Ieșim în oraș joi. = We’re going out on Thursday.
• Noi ieșim în oraș joi. also works, but noi adds emphasis, like we are the ones going out on Thursday.

In this sentence, în oraș is a very common expression meaning something like:

• out in town
• into town
• out on the town

So a ieși în oraș is a set phrase meaning to go out, especially for leisure, socializing, dinner, drinks, and so on.

It does not just mean physically stepping outside into a city. It often has the more social meaning of going out.

Because a ieși în oraș is the normal Romanian expression for to go out / go into town in this social sense.

Using la oraș would sound different and usually would not be the standard phrase here.

So for this idea, it is best to learn the whole expression as a chunk:

a ieși în oraș = to go out / go into town

Because in the expression a ieși în oraș, Romanian normally uses oraș without the definite article.

So:

• în oraș = into town / out in town
• în orașul... would mean in the city/town... and usually needs more specification, such as în orașul vechi = in the old town / in the old city

In other words, în oraș here is part of a fixed, idiomatic expression, not a literal in the town.

Romanian often uses the bare day of the week where English uses on.

So:

• joi = on Thursday
• luni = on Monday
• vineri = on Friday

That is completely normal Romanian.

So Ieșim în oraș joi literally looks like We go out in town Thursday, but in natural English it becomes We’re going out on Thursday.

By itself, joi usually means on Thursday, often referring to a specific Thursday understood from context.

If you want to clearly say every Thursday, Romanian more naturally uses:

• joia
• în fiecare joi

Examples:

• Ieșim în oraș joi. = We’re going out on Thursday.
• Ieșim în oraș joia. = We go out on Thursdays.
• Ieșim în oraș în fiecare joi. = We go out every Thursday.

Yes. Romanian word order is fairly flexible.

The sentence:

• Ieșim în oraș joi.

could also be:

• Joi ieșim în oraș.
• Ieșim joi în oraș.

These all mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis changes a little:

• Joi ieșim în oraș. puts more focus on Thursday.
• Ieșim în oraș joi. sounds very natural and neutral.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

yeh-SHEEM uhn oh-RASH zhoy

A few useful sound notes:

• ș sounds like sh in shoe
• j sounds like the s in measure or the j in French jour
• î in în has no exact English equivalent; an approximate uh is good enough at first

So:

• ieșim ≈ yeh-SHEEM
• în ≈ uhn
• oraș ≈ oh-RASH
• joi ≈ zhoy

No. In Romanian, the days of the week are normally written with lowercase letters.

So:

• joi = correct
• Joi = only if it begins the sentence

Example:

• Joi ieșim în oraș. = correct, because it starts the sentence
• Ieșim în oraș joi. = also correct

Grammatically, ieșim is present tense. But Romanian, like English, often uses the present for arranged future events.

So this sentence can function like:

• We go out on Thursday
• We’re going out on Thursday

In everyday speech, the second reading is often the most natural if you are talking about a plan.