Az egyenleg helyes.

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Breakdown of Az egyenleg helyes.

• helyes: correct
• egyenleg: an account balance

Questions & Answers about Az egyenleg helyes.

Why is there no word for is in Az egyenleg helyes?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person singular and third person plural when it links a subject to a noun or adjective.

So:

• Az egyenleg helyes. = The balance is correct.
• literally: The balance correct.

But in other persons, the verb appears:

• Én helyes vagyok = I am correct
• Te helyes vagy = You are correct

And in the past or future, van / volt / lesz-type forms are used as needed.

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What does az mean here, and why is it az instead of a?

Az is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

Because egyenleg begins with e, a vowel, Hungarian uses az:

• az egyenleg = the balance

Compare:

• a könyv = the book
• az asztal = the table

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What exactly does egyenleg mean?