Questions & Answers about A kaució is az e-mailben van.
What do a and az mean here, and why are they different?
Both a and az mean the.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
So:
- a kaució = the deposit
- az e-mailben = in the email
Even though English always uses the, Hungarian switches between a and az for pronunciation reasons.
Why is it az e-mailben, not a e-mailben?
Because e-mail begins with a vowel sound, Hungarian uses az before it.
This is similar to how English uses a / an:
- a book
- an email
Hungarian does the same kind of sound-based adjustment:
- a könyv
- az e-mail
So az e-mailben is the natural form.
What does is mean in this sentence?