A védőkesztyű tiszta.

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Breakdown of A védőkesztyű tiszta.

• tiszta: clean
• védőkesztyű: a protective glove

Questions & Answers about A védőkesztyű tiszta.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Hungarian usually leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, third person, when the sentence is a simple statement.

So:

• A védőkesztyű tiszta.
• literally looks like The protective glove clean
• but it means The protective glove is clean

This is normal Hungarian grammar, not an omission or slang.

For comparison:

• Én tiszta vagyok. = I am clean
• Te tiszta vagy. = You are clean
• but A védőkesztyű tiszta. = The protective glove is clean

What does a mean here?

A is the Hungarian definite article, so it usually means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Since védőkesztyű begins with a consonant sound, the correct form is a:

• a védőkesztyű = the protective glove

Why is tiszta after the noun instead of before it?