A vevő vár.

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

In Hungarian, a and az are both forms of the:

• a is used before words that begin with a consonant
• az is used before words that begin with a vowel

So:

• a vevő = the customer / the buyer
• but for example az ember = the person

A natural approximate pronunciation is:

• a → short, like aw or a short open o
• vevő → roughly VEH-voo but with rounded front vowels
• vár → roughly vaar

A few important points:

• Hungarian stress is almost always on the first syllable of the word.
• vevő is stressed on ve-
• The long vowels matter:
  • ő is a long vowel
  • á is also a long vowel

So the rhythm is roughly:

A VEH-vő VAAR

Vevő can mean buyer or customer, depending on context.

It comes from the verb vesz = to buy / to take. So vevő is literally someone who buys.

In real usage, it can refer to:

• a buyer
• a customer
• sometimes even a client in a commercial sense

So if the translation you were shown is The customer is waiting or The buyer waits, both fit well.

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

So it can mean:

• he waits
• she waits
• it waits

And with an explicit subject:

• A vevő vár. = The customer waits / is waiting.

Hungarian dictionaries usually list verbs in this 3rd person singular form, so the base dictionary form is also vár.

Because Hungarian does not have grammatical gender like English does in pronouns such as he and she.

So A vevő vár does not tell you whether the customer is male or female. The sentence is gender-neutral unless context makes it clear.

This is very normal in Hungarian:

• ő can mean he or she
• nouns themselves do not have grammatical gender

It can mean either, depending on context.

Hungarian present tense often covers both:

• simple present: waits
• present continuous: is waiting

So:

• A vevő vár. can mean The customer waits.
• or more naturally in many contexts, The customer is waiting.

Hungarian does not usually need a separate form like English is waiting.

Because the main verb is vár = wait. The sentence already has its verb, so no extra is is needed.

In English, you often say:

• The customer is waiting

But in Hungarian, the present tense verb itself is enough:

• A vevő vár.

So Hungarian often expresses an idea that English puts into is + -ing with just a simple present verb.

Yes. This is a normal, neutral Hungarian sentence:

• A vevő = the subject
• vár = the verb

So the basic structure is: The customer waits / is waiting.

Hungarian word order is more flexible than English, but different orders usually change the emphasis.

For example:

• A vevő vár. = neutral statement
• Vár a vevő. = still possible, but now the emphasis is different, often more on the action or on what is happening

So for a beginner, A vevő vár is the straightforward neutral pattern.

It is in the nominative case, which is the basic subject form.

There is no special ending here because vevő is the subject of the sentence:

• A vevő vár. = The customer waits.

Hungarian often adds endings to nouns for other roles, but the plain subject form usually has no extra ending.

Hungarian uses definite articles as separate words, just like English:

• a / az = the

So:

• a vevő literally works very much like the customer

One small difference is that Hungarian chooses between a and az based on the following sound:

• a bolt = the shop
• az autó = the car

Yes, but the meaning would change slightly.

• A vevő vár. = The customer is waiting.
  A specific, identifiable customer.

• Vevő vár. = more like A customer is waiting or a more article-less, context-dependent expression

Hungarian does not always use articles exactly the same way English does, but in this sentence a vevő clearly refers to the customer.

No. Hungarian has other words depending on context.

Two common ones are:

• vevő = buyer, customer
• vásárló = shopper, purchaser, customer

Very roughly:

• vevő can sound a bit more like buyer/customer
• vásárló can emphasize the act of shopping or purchasing

In many contexts they overlap, but vevő is a very normal and useful word.