I'd ask in the Romania tribe, but it's been dormant for about a month. So if anyone here can help me, I'd be greatly appreciative.

First question is a simple one. In German, instead of having one word for "it," you'd refer to something as "er" or "sie" (he or she) depending on the gender of the noun (die nacht, the night, feminine, would be she). Is the same done in Romanian?

Second one is a little more involved. I'm going to use the verb "vorbi" as an example.
Eu vorbesc, tu vorbeşti, voi vorbiţi. I speak, you (sg) speak, you (pl) speak. Now, Pimsleur's course on Romanian uses an example of one man talking to one woman, but uses the plural form of the verb to ask if the woman speaks English: "vorbiţi engleză?"
Is it just a different conjugation? Is it wrong? Should you ask "vorbeşti engleză"? I ask partly because Pimsleur isn't the only program that uses this conjugation, and it seems awkward to me.