Az utánzat olcsó.

Az is the definite article, meaning the.

So Az utánzat olcsó means The imitation is cheap.

Hungarian has two forms of the:

• a
• az

You use az before a word that begins with a vowel sound, and a before a word that begins with a consonant sound. Since utánzat starts with u, the correct article is az.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person, when you are saying something like X is Y.

So:

• Az utánzat olcsó. = The imitation is cheap.

There is no need to add a separate word for is.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use forms of to be:

• Olcsó vagyok. = I am cheap.
• Olcsó vagy. = You are cheap.
• Olcsó. = He/she/it is cheap.

Utánzat means imitation, copy, or something made to resemble an original.

It usually refers to something that is not genuine or not the original, but made to look like it.

Depending on context, it could mean:

• an imitation product
• a fake version
• a copy of something

So in this sentence, utánzat is the thing being described as cheap.

Yes, it is a normal Hungarian word, though it is a bit more specific than very basic everyday vocabulary.

You might see it in contexts like:

• products
• art
• jewelry
• fashion
• materials

For example, it can describe an imitation leather item, a fake jewel, or a copy of some object.

A learner should recognize it, even if they may not use it every day at first.

Olcsó is an adjective, and it means cheap or inexpensive.

In this sentence, it functions as the predicate adjective:

• Az utánzat olcsó.
• The imitation is cheap.

Hungarian adjectives do not change for singular/plural or gender in this kind of sentence.

A helpful approximate pronunciation is:

• utánzat ≈ oo-TAHN-zat
• olcsó ≈ OL-choh

A few details:

• u sounds like oo in food
• á is a long a, somewhat like a in father
• cs is pronounced like ch in church
• ó is a long o

So olcsó has the cs = ch sound, which English speakers should pay special attention to.

Yes, Hungarian word order is more flexible than English word order.

In a simple neutral statement like this, Az utánzat olcsó is a natural way to say:

• The imitation is cheap.

The basic idea is:

• Az utánzat = the topic / subject
• olcsó = the new information / description

You can sometimes move words around in Hungarian, but that usually changes emphasis. The version given is the most neutral and straightforward.

No. Hungarian does not have grammatical gender.

That means nouns are not masculine, feminine, or neuter the way they are in many Indo-European languages.

So utánzat is just a noun. Hungarian does not change articles or adjectives based on gender.

This is one reason Hungarian grammar can feel simpler in some areas than languages like German, French, or Spanish.

That would be:

Az utánzatok olcsók.

Breakdown:

• utánzat = imitation
• utánzatok = imitations
• olcsó = cheap
• olcsók = cheap, plural to match the plural subject in this kind of sentence

In Hungarian, predicate adjectives often take a plural ending when the subject is plural:

• Az utánzat olcsó. = The imitation is cheap.
• Az utánzatok olcsók. = The imitations are cheap.

Yes, sometimes.

Like English cheap, Hungarian olcsó can simply mean low in price, which is neutral or positive:

• Ez olcsó. = This is inexpensive.

But depending on context, it can also suggest something low-quality, especially if the speaker’s tone implies criticism.

So in Az utánzat olcsó, the sentence may simply describe the price, but if the context is about quality or value, it could also hint at something being cheaply made.

Hungarian does not have a separate indefinite article system exactly like English in all cases, but here you would normally say:

Egy utánzat olcsó.

• egy = a / an or one

So:

• Az utánzat olcsó. = The imitation is cheap.
• Egy utánzat olcsó. = An imitation is cheap.

In Hungarian, the stress is almost always on the first syllable of each word.

So you would stress:

• AZ
• Utánzat
• OLcsó

This regular stress pattern is very helpful for learners, because unlike English, Hungarian stress is much more predictable.