Lassan evezünk a part mellett.

Lassan means slowly. It is an adverb, so it describes how the action happens.

It appears at the beginning because Hungarian word order is flexible, and the first part of the sentence often gets emphasis. So:

• Lassan evezünk a part mellett. = We’re rowing slowly along the shore.

Starting with lassan highlights the manner of the action: the important idea is that the rowing is slow.

Evezünk comes from the verb evezni, meaning to row.

The ending -ünk shows:

• 1st person plural = we

So evezünk means:

• we row
• we are rowing

Hungarian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous, depending on context.

Hungarian usually does not need a subject pronoun when the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.

In evezünk, the ending -ünk already tells you the subject is we, so adding mi (we) is usually unnecessary.

You could say Mi lassan evezünk a part mellett, but that would add emphasis, something like:

• We are rowing slowly along the shore.

It can mean either one.

Hungarian does not always make the same clear distinction English does between:

• we row
• we are rowing

So evezünk may be understood as either:

• a general action: we row
• an action happening now: we are rowing

The context tells you which one is meant. In a sentence like this, many learners will naturally understand it as we are rowing slowly along the shore.

Here part means shore, bank, or waterside edge.

So in this sentence it refers to the edge of the water, not the English word part meaning piece.

Depending on context, part can be:

• the shore of a lake
• the bank of a river
• the seaside edge

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a part = the shore

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Since part begins with a consonant, it takes a.

Mellett means beside, next to, or sometimes along depending on context.

In this sentence, a part mellett means something like:

• beside the shore
• along the shore

So the idea is that the rowing happens close to the shore, not far out in the water.

Because mellett is a postposition.

In Hungarian, some meanings that English expresses with prepositions are expressed with:

• case endings, or
• postpositions

A postposition comes after the noun, not before it.

So:

• English: beside the shore
• Hungarian: a part mellett
  literally: the shore beside

This is normal Hungarian structure.

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, but different orders give different emphasis.

For example:

• Lassan evezünk a part mellett.
  Emphasizes slowly.

• A part mellett evezünk lassan.
  Emphasizes along the shore.

• Evezünk a part mellett.
  Neutral statement: We are rowing along the shore.

The sentence you were given sounds natural and highlights the slow pace.

Both can work, depending on context.

• beside the shore focuses on location: close to the shore
• along the shore suggests movement parallel to it

Because the verb is rowing, English often naturally says along the shore, even though mellett literally means beside / next to.

So the Hungarian expression covers the idea of being close to the shore while moving.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• Lassan ≈ LAH-shahn
• evezünk ≈ EH-veh-zuenk
• a ≈ aw
• part ≈ part
• mellett ≈ MEH-lehtt

A few useful pronunciation points:

• s in Hungarian sounds like English sh
• sz sounds like English s
• stress is normally on the first syllable of each word

So the sentence is stressed roughly like this:

LASSAN EVEZÜNK a PART MELLETT

The dictionary forms are:

• lassan → already the basic adverb form
• evezünk → evezni (to row)
• a → definite article (the)
• part → shore / bank
• mellett → postposition (beside / next to / along)

This is useful because when you look up evezünk, you usually need to know that the dictionary form is evezni.