A szomszéd lehalkítja a zenét, és megszünteti a problémát.

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Breakdown of A szomszéd lehalkítja a zenét, és megszünteti a problémát.

• zene: the music
• az: the
• probléma: the problem

Questions & Answers about A szomszéd lehalkítja a zenét, és megszünteti a problémát.

What does A mean at the beginning of the sentence?

A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• A szomszéd = the neighbor

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before most consonants
• az before vowels

For example:

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

Why is szomszéd written without any ending?

Because szomszéd is the subject of the sentence, and Hungarian usually leaves the subject in its basic dictionary form when it is singular.

Here:

• A szomszéd = the neighbor
• It is doing the action: turning down the music and eliminating the problem.

This basic subject form is often called the nominative.

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