Learn Romanian: Ai mașina în parcare? - Do you have the car in the parking lot?

Romanian doesn't use helper words like 'do' or 'does' to make questions. You just take a normal statement like ai mașina (you have the car) and add a question mark, raising your voice at the end when speaking.

Does the word ai mean both 'you' and 'have'?

Ai comes from the verb a avea (to have) and specifically means 'have' when talking to one person. Because the verb changes depending on who is doing the action, Romanian usually drops the word tu (you). The 'you' is already understood from the word ai.

Where is the word for 'the' in mașina?

In Romanian, the word for 'the' (the definite article) is attached to the end of the noun. The base word for car is mașină. To say 'the car', you change that final letter to make it mașina.

The English translation says 'in the parking lot', so why isn't it în parcarea?

When using simple location words like în (in), Romanian usually drops the 'the' ending from the noun that follows. So instead of în parcarea (in the parking lot), you just say în parcare (literally 'in parking lot').