Taraba este lângă parc.

Word for word:

• taraba = the stall
• este = is
• lângă = near / next to / beside
• parc = park

So the structure is very similar to English: subject + verb + place expression.

The basic noun is tarabă = a stall.

In the sentence, it becomes taraba because Romanian usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun:

• o tarabă = a stall
• taraba = the stall

So taraba is the definite form.

That is a normal feature of Romanian grammar. Unlike English, Romanian usually puts the definite article after the noun.

For example:

• băiat = boy

• băiatul = the boy

• casă = house
• casa = the house

So taraba literally works like stall-the, but in natural English we translate it as the stall.

Este is the 3rd person singular of a fi = to be. Here it means is.

Yes, in everyday Romanian, e is very common:

• Taraba este lângă parc.
• Taraba e lângă parc.

Both are correct. Este sounds a bit fuller or more formal; e is very common in speech.

Normally, no.

Romanian usually keeps the verb to be in sentences like this. So:

• Taraba este lângă parc. = correct
• Taraba lângă parc. = incomplete / unnatural

So in this kind of sentence, you should keep este or e.

It can mean both, depending on context, but it often suggests being fairly close, often beside / next to something.

So lângă parc can mean:

• near the park
• by the park
• next to the park

If you want a more general idea of near, Romanian can also use expressions like aproape de.

Lângă is roughly pronounced LUHN-guh, but that English approximation is not exact.

The two special vowels are important:

• â = a Romanian sound that does not really exist in English; it is a close central vowel
• ă = a short uh sound, like the last sound in sofa

So in lângă:

• lân- has â
• -gă has ă

Also, the stress is on the first syllable: LÂN-gă.

Romanian often uses a bare place noun after a preposition in everyday speech, especially with common locations.

So lângă parc is perfectly natural.

But you can also get different nuances:

• lângă parc = by/near the park, near a park, or simply near the park as a known place in context
• lângă un parc = near a park, clearly indefinite
• lângă parcul central = near the central park, clearly specific

So parc here is not strange; it is a normal Romanian way to express location.

Yes, Romanian word order is somewhat flexible, though the given order is the most straightforward.

Normal neutral order:

• Taraba este lângă parc.

A different order can be used for emphasis:

• Lângă parc este taraba.

That sounds more marked, as if you are focusing on the location. For a beginner, the original version is the safest pattern to use.