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Eu vorbesc româna și engleza.

Eu vorbesc româna și engleza.
I speak Romanian and English.
From Lesson 15:Present tense of -i and -î verbs with suffix (-esc / -ăsc)·Romanian

Breakdown of Eu vorbesc româna și engleza.

și
and
eu
I
engleza
English
vorbi
to speak
româna
the Romanian language

Questions & Answers about Eu vorbesc româna și engleza.

Why does the verb a vorbi change to vorbesc here?
A vorbi (to speak) belongs to a group of verbs ending in -i that use the special suffix -esc in the present tense. To say 'I speak', you take the base of the verb (vorb-) and add -esc to get vorbesc.
Will the -esc part of vorbesc change if someone else is speaking?
Yes! The suffix changes depending on who is doing the action. While 'I speak' is vorbesc, 'you (singular) speak' becomes vorbești, and 'he/she speaks' becomes vorbește.
Why do the languages end in -a (româna, engleza) instead of -ă (română, engleză)?
The base words for these languages are română and engleză. Changing the final -ă to -a attaches the definite article 'the' to the end of the word. When talking about speaking a language, Romanians usually add this 'the', literally saying 'I speak the Romanian and the English'.
Is the word Eu (I) required in this sentence?
No, it is optional. Because the verb form vorbesc already tells us exactly who is doing the action, you can safely drop the Eu and just say Vorbesc româna și engleza. We include Eu here mostly for emphasis.

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