A rezsi drága.

The utility costs are expensive.

Breakdown of A rezsi drága.

• az: the
• drága: expensive
• rezsi: household utility costs

Questions & Answers about A rezsi drága.

What does a mean in A rezsi drága?

A is the definite article, so it corresponds to the in English.

• a is used before a consonant
• az is used before a vowel

So:

• a rezsi = the utilities / the household overhead
• az alma = the apple

Why is there no word for is?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense, third person.

So English The utilities are expensive becomes simply:

• A rezsi drága.

This is completely normal Hungarian.

You do use forms of to be in other cases, for example:

• Drága vagyok. = I am expensive / dear
• Drága volt. = It was expensive
• Drága lesz. = It will be expensive

Why does drága come after rezsi?