A kenyérpirító ugyan bekapcsol, de azonnal kikapcsol.

The toaster does switch on, but it switches off immediately.

Breakdown of A kenyérpirító ugyan bekapcsol, de azonnal kikapcsol.

• az: the
• azonnal: immediately
• kenyérpirító: a toaster
• bekapcsolni: to switch on

Questions & Answers about A kenyérpirító ugyan bekapcsol, de azonnal kikapcsol.

Why does the sentence start with a?

Because a is the definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Since kenyérpirító starts with k, Hungarian uses a kenyérpirító = the toaster.

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Is kenyérpirító really one word?

Yes. Hungarian commonly writes compound nouns as a single word.

Here it is built from:

• kenyér = bread
• pirító = toaster / thing used for toasting

So kenyérpirító literally means something like bread-toaster, i.e. toaster.

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What does ugyan mean here?

In this sentence, ugyan adds a concessive or contrastive feeling. It often works together with de.

So the pattern ugyan ..., de ... is roughly like:

• it does ..., but ...
• admittedly ..., but ...
• true, ..., but ...

It often does not need a separate English word in translation, but it adds nuance.

So:

• A kenyérpirító bekapcsol, de azonnal kikapcsol. = neutral statement
• A kenyérpirító ugyan bekapcsol, de azonnal kikapcsol. = it does switch on, but it immediately switches off

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