A sorozatszámok egységesek.

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Breakdown of A sorozatszámok egységesek.

• sorozatszám: a serial number
• egységes: uniform or consistent

Questions & Answers about A sorozatszámok egységesek.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article, so it means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

So:

• a sorozatszámok = the serial numbers
• but az ablak = the window

In this sentence, sorozatszámok starts with a consonant, so a is used.

Why is there no word for are in A sorozatszámok egységesek?

Because in Hungarian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun or an adjective.

So Hungarian says literally something like:

• A sorozatszámok egységesek.
• The serial numbers uniform.

But the correct English translation is The serial numbers are uniform/consistent.

Compare:

• én beteg vagyok = I am sick
• te beteg vagy = you are sick
• ő beteg = he/she is sick

Notice that in third person singular, Hungarian often leaves out van. The same happens in the plural:

• ők betegek = they are sick

So in your sentence, are is understood.

Why do both sorozatszámok and egységesek end in -k?