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A lakás bútorozott.

A lakás bútorozott.

The apartment is furnished.

Breakdown of A lakás bútorozott.

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Questions & Answers about A lakás bútorozott.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article, so it means the.

a lakás = the apartment / the flat
Hungarian uses a before consonant sounds and az before vowel sounds:
- a lakás
- az asztal

So in this sentence, a simply marks lakás as a specific apartment.

What does lakás mean exactly?

Lakás means apartment or flat.

A few useful notes:

It usually refers to a place to live in, especially an apartment in a building.
The á is a long vowel, so it is important in pronunciation and spelling.
The final s in Hungarian is pronounced like English sh, so lakás sounds roughly like lah-kaash.

What kind of word is bútorozott?

Bútorozott is an adjective, meaning furnished.

It comes from bútor = furniture, and from the verb bútoroz = to furnish.

So:

bútor = furniture
bútoroz = furnish
bútorozott = furnished

In this sentence, it describes the apartment.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person singular, when the sentence is of the type X is Y.

So:

A lakás bútorozott. = The apartment is furnished.

Hungarian does not need van here.

Compare:

A lakás nagy. = The apartment is big.
A lakás bútorozott. = The apartment is furnished.

But in other situations, forms of to be do appear, for example in the past tense:

A lakás bútorozott volt. = The apartment was furnished.

Could I say A lakás van bútorozott?

No, that would be incorrect in normal Hungarian.

In this kind of sentence, you should simply say:

A lakás bútorozott.

Using van here sounds ungrammatical because present-tense is is normally omitted in third person singular predicate sentences with an adjective or noun.

How do you pronounce A lakás bútorozott?

A simple pronunciation guide:

A ≈ short aw/uh
lakás ≈ lah-kaash
bútorozott ≈ boo-to-ro-zott

A few helpful pronunciation points:

Stress is usually on the first syllable of each word.
á is longer than a.
ú is a long oo sound.
s is pronounced sh.
z is like English z.
tt is a longer, stronger t sound.

So the whole sentence is roughly:

aw LAH-kaash BOO-to-ro-zott

Why is the word order A lakás bútorozott? Can it be changed?

Yes, Hungarian word order is flexible, but the neutral, straightforward version is:

A lakás bútorozott.

This is the most natural way to say The apartment is furnished as a plain statement.

You may also hear:

Bútorozott a lakás.

This can sound more marked or focus on bútorozott. English usually keeps a more fixed word order, but Hungarian changes word order more freely depending on emphasis and information structure.

For a learner, A lakás bútorozott is the best basic pattern.

What is the difference between a and egy here?

Good question. The difference is:

a lakás = the apartment (a specific one)
egy lakás = an apartment / one apartment

So:

A lakás bútorozott. = The apartment is furnished.
Egy lakás bútorozott. = An apartment is furnished. / One apartment is furnished.

In most normal contexts, a is used when both speaker and listener know which apartment is meant.

How would I make this sentence negative?

You add nem before the adjective:

A lakás nem bútorozott. = The apartment is not furnished.

This is a very common pattern in Hungarian:

A szoba nem nagy. = The room is not big.
A lakás nem bútorozott. = The apartment is not furnished.

Does bútorozott change if the subject is plural?

Yes. If the subject is plural, the predicate adjective is usually plural too.

Compare:

A lakás bútorozott. = The apartment is furnished.
A lakások bútorozottak. = The apartments are furnished.

So:

singular: bútorozott
plural: bútorozottak

This is useful because English adjectives do not change for plural, but Hungarian predicate adjectives often do.

Is bútorozott only used for apartments?

No. It can be used for other rooms or properties too, whenever you mean furnished.

For example:

A szoba bútorozott. = The room is furnished.
A ház bútorozott. = The house is furnished.

However, you will very often see bútorozott in housing and rental contexts, where it means the place comes with furniture.

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