A bábu piros.

the

Breakdown of A bábu piros.

• piros: red
• bábu: a playing piece

Questions & Answers about A bábu piros.

What does a mean here?

A is the Hungarian definite article, so here it means the.

• a bábu = the doll / the pawn / the dummy (depending on context)

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

So you get:

• a bábu
• az alma

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hungarian, in the present tense, third person singular, the verb to be is usually left out in simple sentences like this.

So:

• A bábu piros. = The doll/pawn is red.

Literally, Hungarian says something like:

• The doll red.

This is completely normal.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use forms of to be:

• Piros vagyok. = I am red.
• Piros vagy. = You are red.
• Piros. = He/she/it is red.

Why does piros come after bábu?