A kezdő egyedül vár.

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

• a is used before most consonants
• az is used before vowels

So:

• a kezdő = the beginner
• az ember = the person

In pronunciation, Hungarian a is not like English a/an. It sounds more like a short open vowel.

It can be both, depending on context.

Here, kezdő means beginner, so it is functioning like a noun in English. But historically and grammatically, it is also adjective-like in form and can describe a noun:

• kezdő diák = beginner student
• kezdő szint = beginner level

In A kezdő egyedül vár, the noun being described is simply left out, so kezdő stands on its own and means the beginner.

Because Hungarian often allows an adjective-like word to stand alone when the missing noun is obvious from context.

So a kezdő can naturally mean:

• the beginner
• the novice
• the person who is new at this

English sometimes does this too, but less freely. Hungarian does it very comfortably.

Egyedül is an adverb, and it means alone or by oneself.

It describes how the person is waiting:

• A kezdő vár. = The beginner waits / is waiting.
• A kezdő egyedül vár. = The beginner waits alone.

So egyedül is not the subject and not an adjective agreeing with anything. It is just modifying the verb.

Vár is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb vár, meaning to wait.

So it can mean:

• he waits
• she waits
• it waits
• or with a noun subject, the beginner waits

Hungarian verbs do not need a separate subject pronoun if the subject is already clear.

Hungarian usually drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

The verb form already tells you the person and number:

• várok = I wait
• vársz = you wait
• vár = he/she waits

And in this sentence, the subject is explicitly stated anyway: a kezdő.

So adding ő would usually be unnecessary:

• A kezdő vár. = natural
• A kezdő ő vár. = not correct in normal Hungarian

It can do both, depending on whether an object is present.

• Vár. = He/She is waiting.
• A buszt várja. = He/She is waiting for the bus.

This is important for English speakers, because English usually says wait for something, but Hungarian uses vár directly with the object in the accusative.

So:

• várom a barátomat = I’m waiting for my friend

In your sentence, there is no object, so it simply means waits / is waiting.

This is a natural, neutral word order.

• A kezdő = the topic / subject
• egyedül = an adverb modifying the action
• vár = the verb

Hungarian word order is flexible, but the order often shows focus or emphasis, not just grammar.

This version sounds like a plain statement:
The beginner is waiting alone.

If you move words around, the emphasis changes:

• A kezdő vár egyedül. = also possible, slightly different rhythm
• Egyedül vár a kezdő. = emphasizes alone
• A kezdő egyedül vár. = neutral and natural

Hungarian does not usually make a strict distinction here.

So vár can mean either:

• waits
• is waiting

The exact English translation depends on context.

That means A kezdő egyedül vár could be understood as:

• The beginner waits alone
• The beginner is waiting alone

Both are grammatically possible translations.

A simple approximation is:

aw KEZ-dő edj-e-DÜL vaar

A few useful notes:

• Stress in Hungarian is always on the first syllable of each word:
  • A
  • KEZdő
  • Egyedül
  • VÁR
• ő is a long rounded vowel, somewhat like a long version of the vowel in French peu or German schön
• gy is a soft consonant, somewhat like the d in British duke for some speakers, but not exactly
• á in vár is long, so it is held a bit longer than a short vowel

Yes. It comes from the verb kezd, meaning to begin or to start.

So kezdő literally has the sense of beginning / starter / beginner.

Related words:

• kezd = to begin
• kezdés = beginning, start
• kezdő = beginner / beginning-level
• kezdődik = begins, gets started

This helps you remember that kezdő refers to someone or something at the beginning stage.