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Questions & Answers about A papírhulladék tiszta.
Why is there no word for is in A papírhulladék tiszta?
In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense when the subject is third person singular or plural and the predicate is a noun or adjective.
So:
- A papírhulladék tiszta. = The paper waste is clean.
But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:
- Tiszta vagyok. = I am clean.
- Tiszta vagy. = You are clean.
- Tiszta. = He/she/it is clean.
So the missing is is completely normal here.
What does A mean at the beginning?
A is the definite article, meaning the.
Hungarian has two forms of the:
- a
- az
Which one is used depends on the following sound:
- a before most consonant sounds
- az before vowel sounds
So:
- a papírhulladék = the paper waste
- az alma = the apple
Because papírhulladék begins with a consonant sound, Hungarian uses a.
Why is papírhulladék one long word?