Az árus itt van.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since árus begins with the vowel á, the correct form is az árus.

Examples:

• a ház = the house
• az ember = the person
• az árus = the vendor

Árus means a seller, vendor, or peddler — someone who sells goods, often at a market or stall.

It is a fairly general word, so the exact English translation depends on context:

• market seller
• vendor
• trader
• peddler

So in this sentence, it refers to the vendor / the seller.

That is a very common and important question.

In Hungarian, the verb van = is is often omitted in the present tense, third person singular, but only in certain sentence types.

For example:

• Az árus fáradt. = The vendor is tired.
• Az árus orvos. = The vendor is a doctor.

Here, van is omitted.

But when you are talking about location or existence, Hungarian usually keeps van:

• Az árus itt van. = The vendor is here.
• A könyv az asztalon van. = The book is on the table.

So in this sentence, van is necessary because itt expresses location.

Itt means here.

It is an adverb of place, not a noun and not a case ending. It simply tells you where someone or something is.

Compare:

• itt = here
• ott = there

So:

• Az árus itt van. = The vendor is here.
• Az árus ott van. = The vendor is there.

Yes, both are possible, but they do not sound exactly the same.

Az árus itt van is the more neutral, straightforward sentence:

• The vendor is here.

Az árus van itt gives stronger emphasis to van, and especially to the idea that it is the vendor who is here, often in contrast with someone else or with another possibility.

Very roughly:

• Az árus itt van. = The vendor is here. neutral
• Az árus van itt. = It is the vendor who is here / The vendor is the one here. more contrastive or emphatic

Hungarian word order often reflects emphasis and information structure, not just grammar.

Yes. Itt van az árus is also correct.

That version is very natural when you want to highlight here first, or when you are pointing someone out:

• Itt van az árus. = The vendor is here. / Here is the vendor.

This can sound a bit more immediate, like drawing attention to the person’s presence.

So all of these can be grammatical:

• Az árus itt van. neutral
• Itt van az árus. drawing attention to the location/presence
• Az árus van itt. contrastive or emphatic

Yes, depending on context, itt van can sometimes feel like is here now, which in natural English may be translated as has arrived.

For example:

• Megjött? — Igen, itt van. = Has he arrived? — Yes, he’s here.

But literally, itt van still means is here. The idea of arrival comes from the situation, not from the grammar of itt van itself.

Neither. Hungarian does not have grammatical gender like many Indo-European languages do.

So árus does not mean specifically male vendor or female vendor. It is gender-neutral unless the context makes the person’s gender clear.

This is true for Hungarian nouns in general:

• no grammatical gender
• no different articles for masculine/feminine/neuter

A simple learner-friendly pronunciation guide would be:

• Az ≈ uz
• árus ≈ AA-roosh
• itt ≈ it with a longer t
• van ≈ vun

So roughly: uz AA-roosh itt vun

A few useful details:

• á is a long vowel, longer than a
• s in Hungarian is pronounced like English sh
• tt is pronounced as a longer consonant than a single t

A more accurate pronunciation is approximately: [ɒz aːruʃ itː vɒn]

Because Hungarian spelling works differently from English.

In Hungarian:

• s = English sh
• sz = English s

So:

• árus is pronounced aa-roosh
• szó is pronounced soh

This is one of the first spelling patterns English speakers need to get used to in Hungarian.

No. Az árus means the vendor, not this vendor or that vendor.

If you want this or that, Hungarian uses demonstratives:

• ez az árus = this vendor
• az az árus = that vendor

So in your sentence, az is just the definite article the, not a demonstrative.

Yes, it is completely natural.

Az árus itt van. is a normal, correct Hungarian sentence meaning that the vendor is present in this place.

It is a good example because it shows several useful basics at once:

• the definite article az
• a common noun árus
• the location word itt
• the verb van, which is required here because the sentence expresses location