Questions & Answers about A válasz holnap várható.
What does várható mean exactly in this sentence?
Várható means something like expected, anticipated, or likely to arrive/be available.
It comes from the verb vár, which usually means to wait or to expect, plus the suffix -ható/-hető, which often gives the sense can be ... or is expected/possible.
So A válasz holnap várható is not literally about someone actively waiting; it means that the answer is expected tomorrow.
In official or neutral style, várható is very common for things like:
- Eső várható. = Rain is expected.
- Késés várható. = A delay is expected.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
Hungarian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, especially in the third person singular and third person plural when the predicate is a noun, adjective, or adjective-like form.
Here, várható functions like an adjective/predicate, so van is omitted.
So:
- A válasz holnap várható. not
- A válasz holnap van várható. ✘
This is a very common feature of Hungarian:
- A ház nagy. = The house is big.
- A könyv érdekes. = The book is interesting.