Ez az eredeti evező.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person when the sentence links one thing to another thing, as here.

So:

• Ez az eredeti evező. = This is the original oar.

Hungarian does not need van here.

A useful comparison:

• Ez az eredeti evező. = present, 3rd person, so no van
• Ez volt az eredeti evező. = This was the original oar.
• Ez lesz az eredeti evező. = This will be the original oar.

So the missing is is completely normal.

Because Hungarian normally uses a demonstrative + definite article + noun pattern.

So:

• ez a könyv = this book
• ez az alma = this apple
• ez az eredeti evező = this original oar / this is the original oar in this sentence structure

Here:

• ez = this
• az = the definite article the
• eredeti evező = original oar

So ez az ... is not strange or repetitive in Hungarian. It is the standard pattern.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

In this sentence, the next word after the article is eredeti, which begins with a vowel, so Hungarian uses az:

• ez az eredeti evező

Compare:

• ez a régi evező = this old oar
• ez az eredeti evező = this original oar

So the choice depends on the next word that follows the article, not on English logic.

Because Hungarian adjectives usually do not agree with the noun the way adjectives do in many Indo-European languages.

So in a phrase like:

• eredeti evező = original oar
• eredeti evezők = original oars

the adjective eredeti stays the same. The plural marker goes on the noun:

• evező
• evezők

This is very normal in Hungarian.

A useful contrast: When the adjective stands by itself as a noun-like word, then it can take endings:

• az eredeti = the original one
• az eredetiek = the original ones

It is in the nominative case, which is the basic dictionary form in Hungarian.

Hungarian often leaves the nominative unmarked, so there is no special ending here.

In this sentence, both parts are in the basic form:

• Ez = this
• az eredeti evező = the original oar

Because the sentence is identifying one thing as another, no extra case ending is needed.

If the noun were an object, you would see a case ending:

• Látom az eredeti evezőt. = I see the original oar.

Here evező becomes evezőt.

This is the normal, neutral word order for saying This is the original oar.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but changes in order often add emphasis, contrast, or a more marked style.

So:

• Ez az eredeti evező. = neutral, natural
• Az eredeti evező ez. = more contrastive, like This is the original oar as opposed to something else

For a learner, the best default version is definitely:

• Ez az eredeti evező.

Evező is pronounced approximately EH-veh-ző, with the stress on the first syllable:

• E-ve-ző

A more precise IPA version is:

• [ɛvɛzøː]

Notes:

• e is like the e in bed
• v is like English v
• z is like z in zoo
• ő is a long vowel that English does not really have

The sound ő is like a long ö sound, similar to the vowel in German schön or French peu, but held longer.

Also, the accent mark in ő matters: it shows a long vowel.

Eredeti is an adjective modifying evező.

So the structure is:

• ez = this
• az = the
• eredeti = adjective, original
• evező = noun, oar

Together:

• az eredeti evező = the original oar

So the whole sentence is built like this:

• Ez
  • az eredeti evező
• This
  • the original oar
• natural English meaning: This is the original oar.

Yes, but that means something different.

• Ez az eredeti evező. = This is the original oar.

  • Here eredeti describes which oar it is.

• Ez az evező eredeti. = This oar is original/authentic.

  • Here eredeti is the predicate adjective describing the oar.

So the position of eredeti changes the meaning:

• before the noun: it identifies the noun
• after the noun phrase: it describes the noun

That difference is very important.