Az áramlat erős.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person when you are making a simple statement like this.

So:

• Az áramlat erős. = The current is strong.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:

• Én erős vagyok. = I am strong.
• Te erős vagy. = You are strong.

So this missing is is completely normal here.

Here, az is the definite article, so it means the.

• az áramlat = the current

Hungarian has two forms of the:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Because áramlat begins with a vowel, Hungarian uses az.

Compare:

• az áramlat
• a folyó

Yes. Az can also mean that, depending on the sentence.

But in Az áramlat erős, it is just the article the, not the demonstrative that.

A learner may notice that the same form has different uses, but the role is usually clear from the sentence.

Because in this sentence, erős is not directly describing the noun inside a noun phrase; it is the predicate of the sentence.

So:

• Az áramlat erős. = The current is strong.

But if you want to say strong current, where the adjective directly modifies the noun, Hungarian puts the adjective before the noun:

• erős áramlat = strong current

So the position changes depending on the structure:

• erős áramlat = adjective + noun
• Az áramlat erős. = noun + predicate adjective

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, and changing the order often changes the focus or emphasis.

• Az áramlat erős. = neutral statement
• Erős az áramlat. = emphasis on strong

The second version might sound more like:

• The current is strong
• or It’s the current that’s strong / The current is strong indeed

So both are correct, but they do not feel exactly the same.

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide:

• áramlat ≈ AAH-ram-lot
• erős ≈ EH-roesh

A few important points:

• Stress in Hungarian normally falls on the first syllable of each word.
• á is a long vowel.
• ő is also a long vowel, and it does not exist in English exactly. It is similar to a long rounded vowel, somewhat like the vowel in French peu or German schön, but held longer.

So the sentence is stressed like this:

• AZ Á-ram-lat E-rős

The accents are very important in Hungarian. They are not optional spelling marks.

They show vowel quality and often vowel length too.

In this sentence:

• á is different from a
• ő is different from ö

So:

• a / á
• ö / ő

are different vowels, not just the same vowel written with decoration.

For learners, it is best to treat accented vowels as separate letters that must be learned individually.

Erős is an adjective meaning strong.

In this sentence, it stays in its basic dictionary form. Hungarian adjectives do not change for gender, and they usually do not change just because the noun is singular.

So:

• erős = strong

There is no masculine/feminine/neuter agreement like in many European languages.

That makes sentences like this simpler in one way: the adjective remains unchanged.

Not necessarily. Áramlat usually means a current, flow, or stream, often in contexts like water, air, or large-scale movement.

However, for electrical current, Hungarian very often uses áram instead.

So depending on context:

• áramlat = current/flow/stream
• áram = electric current

If you already know the meaning intended in your example, that is the important part, but this is a useful nuance to remember.

Often, yes. Hungarian can express ideas very compactly, especially because:

• the present-tense to be can be omitted in some sentences
• articles and word order work differently
• a lot of grammar is carried by endings in other kinds of sentences

So:

• Az áramlat erős.
• The current is strong.

Hungarian uses fewer separate words here, but the meaning is complete and natural.