Learn Romanian: Încerci să înveți româna? - Are you trying to learn Romanian?

In English, we use the infinitive form with 'to' when connecting verbs, like 'trying to learn'. In Romanian, instead of the infinitive, you usually connect verbs using să followed by a conjugated verb. So, încerci să înveți literally translates closer to 'you try that you learn'.

Does the verb înveți change its ending because it comes after să?

Not in this case! For the 'I', 'we', and 'you' forms (1st and 2nd person), the verb looks exactly the same after să as it does in a normal present tense sentence. 'You learn' is înveți, and 'that you learn' is să înveți. You will only see special endings after să in the 'he/she' or 'they' forms.

Why is it româna instead of just română?

română means 'Romanian', but here it has the definite article -a attached to the end, making it româna ('the Romanian language'). In Romanian, when talking about learning, speaking, or understanding a specific language, we typically add the equivalent of 'the' to the end of the word.

Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?

Romanian often drops subject pronouns like tu (you) because the verb endings already tell us who is doing the action. The -i at the end of both încerci and înveți clearly shows that 'you' are the one trying and learning. You could say Tu încerci..., but it is not necessary.