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Cartea și telefonul sunt acolo.

Cartea și telefonul sunt acolo.
The book and the phone are there.
From Lesson 2:Feminine definite articles (-a, -ua)·Romanian

Questions & Answers about Cartea și telefonul sunt acolo.

How is the definite article 'the' added to carte to make cartea?
In Romanian, 'the' is attached to the end of the noun. For feminine nouns that end in -e, like carte (book), we replace that final -e with -ea. This gives us cartea (the book).
Why does telefon get the ending -ul instead of a feminine ending like cartea?
Because Romanian nouns have different genders! While carte is feminine, telefon (phone) is a neuter noun. Neuter nouns act like masculine nouns when there is only one of them, so it takes the standard masculine/neuter 'the' ending -ul, becoming telefonul.
Wait, doesn't sunt mean 'I am'?
Yes, but it also means 'they are'! In Romanian, the verb 'to be' uses the exact same word for 'I am' (eu sunt) and 'they are' (ei/ele sunt). Since the subject here is two things together (the book and the phone), sunt translates to 'are'.
What is the opposite of acolo?
Acolo means 'there' (referring to a place far from you). If the book and phone were right next to you, you would use the opposite word, aici, which means 'here'.

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