Bár kevés az uzsonna, mindenki kap egy falatot.

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Breakdown of Bár kevés az uzsonna, mindenki kap egy falatot.

• az: the
• mindenki: everyone
• bár: although

Questions & Answers about Bár kevés az uzsonna, mindenki kap egy falatot.

What does bár mean here?

Here bár means although / though / even though.

It introduces a clause that contrasts with the main clause:

• Bár kevés az uzsonna = Although there is little snack
• mindenki kap egy falatot = everyone gets a bite

So bár sets up the idea: in spite of this fact, the next thing is still true.

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Why is bár used instead of de?

Because bár and de do different jobs.

• bár = although
• de = but

In this sentence, bár introduces a subordinate clause:

• Bár kevés az uzsonna, mindenki kap egy falatot.
• Although there is little snack, everyone gets a bite.

If you used de, you would normally have two more equal clauses:

• Kevés az uzsonna, de mindenki kap egy falatot.
• There is little snack, but everyone gets a bite.

Both are possible in Hungarian, but they are structured differently.

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Why is there no word for is in kevés az uzsonna?