A többi önkéntes is itt van.

to be

Breakdown of A többi önkéntes is itt van.

• itt: here
• is: also
• az: the

Questions & Answers about A többi önkéntes is itt van.

What does each word mean in A többi önkéntes is itt van?

A fairly literal breakdown is:

• a = the
• többi = the rest / the remaining / the other
• önkéntes = volunteer
• is = also / too
• itt = here
• van = is / are in the sense of is here / exists / is present

So the sentence is literally something like:

The rest of the volunteer also here is

In natural English: The other volunteers are here too or The rest of the volunteers are here too.

Why is there a at the beginning?

Because a többi usually refers to a specific remaining part of a known group.

So:

• a többi önkéntes = the rest of the volunteers / the other volunteers
• not just volunteers in general, but the ones left over from a group already understood in the conversation

Hungarian often uses the definite article here because the group is treated as identifiable.

Also, a is simply the short form of the definite article. Hungarian has:

• a before most consonant-initial words
• az before vowel-initial words

Since többi begins with a consonant, it is a többi.

What exactly does többi mean here?