A fülbevaló itt van.

to be

Breakdown of A fülbevaló itt van.

• itt: here
• az: the
• fülbevaló: an earring

Questions & Answers about A fülbevaló itt van.

What does a mean in A fülbevaló itt van?

A is the Hungarian definite article, like the in English.

So:

• a fülbevaló = the earring

Hungarian has two forms of the:

• a before most consonants
• az before vowels

For example:

• a ház = the house
• az alma = the apple

Here, fülbevaló starts with a consonant sound, so Hungarian uses a.

Why is there no separate word for is before here, like in English?

There actually is a word for is here: van.

So the sentence structure is:

• A fülbevaló = the earring
• itt = here
• van = is

Literally, Hungarian says something like:

• The earring here is

but in natural English that becomes:

• The earring is here

Hungarian word order is more flexible than English, so the position of van does not have to match English word order.

Why is van used here, when I heard that Hungarian often leaves out is?