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Questions & Answers about A kávéfőző új.
Why is there no word for is in A kávéfőző új?
In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person.
So:
- A kávéfőző új. = The coffee maker is new.
But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:
- Én új vagyok. = I am new.
- Te új vagy. = You are new.
So the missing is here is completely normal.
What does a mean here?
A is the definite article, so it means the.
- a kávéfőző = the coffee maker
Hungarian has two forms of the:
- a before a consonant
- az before a vowel
So:
- a kávéfőző = the coffee maker
- az autó = the car
Because kávéfőző starts with k, Hungarian uses a.
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