A bérbeadó vár.

A is the definite article, so it means the.

In Hungarian, the definite article has two forms:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since bérbeadó starts with b, the sentence uses a:

• a bérbeadó = the landlord / the lessor

Because bérbeadó begins with a consonant.

Hungarian chooses the article like this:

• a ház = the house
• az autó = the car

So:

• a bérbeadó is correct
• az bérbeadó is not correct

Bérbeadó is a compound word, and it is useful to break it apart:

• bér = rent, lease
• be = in / into
• adó = giver, one who gives

So literally it is something like one who gives something out for rent.

In natural English, this is usually:

• landlord
• lessor
• sometimes renter-out in a very literal explanation, though that is not natural English

So bérbeadó is the person who rents something out to someone else.

Not always exactly, but it is often translated that way.

Bérbeadó is the more general Hungarian word for the person or party renting something out. Depending on context, it could be:

• a landlord
• a landlady
• a property owner
• a lessor
• even a company renting something out

So landlord is often a good translation, but lessor may be more precise in legal or formal contexts.

Vár is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb várni, meaning to wait.

So vár can mean:

• he waits
• she waits
• it waits

In this sentence, the subject is a bérbeadó, so:

• A bérbeadó vár. = The landlord is waiting.

Hungarian verbs do not have to show gender, so vár does not tell you whether the person is male or female.

Because Hungarian usually does not use subject pronouns unless they are needed for emphasis or contrast.

The verb form and the context are normally enough.

So instead of saying:

• Ő vár. = He/She is waiting.

Hungarian often simply says:

• Vár. = He/She is waiting.

In your sentence, the noun a bérbeadó already gives the subject, so adding ő would be unnecessary.

It can mean both, depending on context.

Hungarian present tense often covers both:

• The landlord waits
• The landlord is waiting

English usually chooses between simple present and present progressive, but Hungarian often does not make that distinction explicitly.

So A bérbeadó vár. could be understood as either:

• The landlord waits
• The landlord is waiting

In most everyday contexts, is waiting is the more natural English translation.

Because Hungarian uses várni differently from English.

In English, you usually say:

• wait for someone

In Hungarian, the person being waited for is normally a direct object, not introduced by a word meaning for.

For example:

• Várom a bérbeadót. = I’m waiting for the landlord.
• literally: I-wait the landlord

So in your sentence, there is no object at all:

• A bérbeadó vár. = The landlord is waiting.

This is the most neutral word order: subject + verb.

• A bérbeadó = the subject
• vár = the verb

So this is a plain statement of fact:

• The landlord is waiting.

Hungarian word order is flexible, though, and changing it often changes the emphasis.

For example:

• A bérbeadó vár. = neutral
• Vár a bérbeadó. = more like It’s the landlord who is waiting or The landlord is waiting with a different emphasis or rhythm

So the version you have is the basic, neutral one.

A helpful rough guide is:

• a ≈ aw or a short open uh
• bérbeadó ≈ BAIR-beh-ah-doh
• vár ≈ vaar

A few important points:

• Stress in Hungarian is always on the first syllable of the word:
  • BÉRbeadó
  • VÁR
• The accents mark long vowels:
  • é
  • á

So say the long vowels clearly a little longer than the short ones.

Yes, but only in spelling and sound, not in meaning here.

Hungarian vár can be:

• a verb: waits
• a noun: castle

In this sentence, it is clearly a verb, because:

• A bérbeadó vár. = The landlord waits / is waiting.

If it were the noun castle, the sentence would not make sense in this structure.

You would say:

• A bérbeadó vár engem.

Very often, Hungarian may also use a more natural phrasing depending on context, but grammatically this is fine.

You may also see:

• A bérbeadó rám vár.

This means more specifically:

• The landlord is waiting for me
• literally something like The landlord is waiting on/for me

So with várni, Hungarian can use different patterns depending on nuance and idiom. But for a beginner, the main point is that Hungarian does not always use a separate word corresponding to English for.

You usually would not do that in this sentence if you mean the landlord in a normal way.

• A bérbeadó vár. = The landlord is waiting.

Without the article, bérbeadó sounds less natural here as a regular subject noun in a simple statement.

Hungarian often uses articles more than English learners sometimes expect, so if English has the, Hungarian will very often also have a / az.

No. Hungarian nouns do not have grammatical gender.

So bérbeadó does not mean specifically male. It can refer to:

• a man
• a woman
• a company or legal entity

If you need to know the person’s gender, Hungarian usually shows that through context, not grammar.