A vételár ugyan nagy, de a garancia még érvényes.

In Hungarian, the verb van (to be) is usually left out in the present tense, third person when you are saying something like X is Y.

So:

• A vételár nagy = The purchase price is high
• A garancia érvényes = The warranty is valid

If you changed the tense or person, the verb would appear:

• A vételár nagy volt = The purchase price was high
• A garancia érvényes lesz = The warranty will be valid
• Én fáradt vagyok = I am tired

So the missing is is completely normal here.

Vételár means purchase price or buying price.

It is a compound noun:

• vétel = purchase, buying
• ár = price

Hungarian often combines nouns into one word, so vételár is literally something like purchase-price.

In many everyday situations, people might simply say ár (price) if the context is clear, but vételár is more precise and a bit more formal.

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one you use depends on the sound that follows:

• a before a consonant: a garancia
• az before a vowel: az ár

Since vételár and garancia both begin with consonant sounds, the article is a.

So:

• A vételár = the purchase price
• A garancia = the warranty

In this sentence, ugyan adds a concessive meaning, something like:

• admittedly
• it is true that
• to be sure
• granted

So A vételár ugyan nagy, de... means something like:

• The purchase price is admittedly high, but...
• The purchase price is high, true, but...

This ugyan ... de ... pattern is common in Hungarian for expressing contrast:

• Ugyan drága, de jó minőségű. = It is expensive, but it is good quality.

So ugyan softens the contrast and signals that the speaker accepts the first point before introducing the second.

Because nagy is an adjective meaning big or high/large, while nagyon is an adverb meaning very.

Here, nagy describes the noun phrase a vételár:

• A vételár nagy. = The purchase price is high/large.

If you said nagyon nagy, that would mean:

• very high
• very large

So:

• nagy = high / large
• nagyon nagy = very high / very large

A common learner mistake is to confuse nagy and nagyon, but they do different jobs.

Yes, nagy literally means big or large, but Hungarian often uses it where English would prefer high.

With prices, amounts, or numbers, Hungarian may use nagy in contexts where English says:

• high price
• large amount
• considerable sum

So A vételár nagy is most naturally translated as The purchase price is high, not The purchase price is big, even though the core meaning of nagy is big/large.

De means but.

It introduces a contrast between the first part and the second part of the sentence:

• A vételár ugyan nagy = The purchase price is admittedly high
• de a garancia még érvényes = but the warranty is still valid

So de works very much like English but.

Here még means still.

So:

• a garancia még érvényes = the warranty is still valid

The idea is that the warranty continues to be valid at the present time.

Be aware that még can have different meanings in different contexts, such as:

• still
• yet
• even
• more

But in this sentence, still is the correct meaning.

Érvényes means valid, in force, or effective.

It is often used for things like:

• warranties
• tickets
• documents
• laws
• passports
• discounts

Examples:

• A jegy még érvényes. = The ticket is still valid.
• Az útlevél érvényes. = The passport is valid.

So a garancia még érvényes means the warranty has not expired and can still be used.

The word order is natural because Hungarian often organizes sentences by topic and focus, not in exactly the same way English does.

Here the structure is roughly:

• A vételár = topic of the first clause
• ugyan nagy = comment about it
• de = contrast
• a garancia = topic of the second clause
• még érvényes = comment about it

So the sentence flows as:

• As for the purchase price, it is high, but as for the warranty, it is still valid.

This is a very normal Hungarian way to present two contrasting facts.

Yes, but the emphasis would change.

For example:

• A vételár ugyan nagy, de még érvényes a garancia.

This is also possible, but it puts slightly different emphasis on még érvényes before mentioning a garancia.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but not random. Different orders highlight different parts of the sentence. The original version is neutral and clear.

Yes, garancia is a very common word for warranty or guarantee.

However, depending on context, you may also encounter more specific legal or commercial terms such as:

• jótállás
• szavatosság

These are not always exactly the same as garancia in legal meaning. In everyday speech, though, garancia is very common and easy to understand.

So for learners, garancia is the most practical word to know first.

It sounds mostly neutral and slightly formal because of the word vételár.

Why?

• vételár is a bit more formal or business-like than just ár
• garancia and érvényes are standard neutral words
• the structure ugyan ..., de ... sounds natural and educated

A more everyday version might be:

• Az ára ugyan magas, de a garancia még érvényes.

That means essentially the same thing, but it sounds a little more conversational.

A natural English rendering would be:

• The purchase price is admittedly high, but the warranty is still valid.

Other natural translations could be:

• The price may be high, but the warranty is still valid.
• The purchase price is high, but the warranty is still in effect.
• The purchase price is indeed high, but the warranty is still valid.

The exact English wording depends on how strongly you want to reflect ugyan, but the basic contrast stays the same.