A regisztráció gyors.

Here a is the definite article, so it means the.

• a regisztráció = the registration
• Before a vowel, Hungarian uses az instead:
  • az autó = the car

So in this sentence, a is not the English a/an. It is the.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person singular and plural.

So instead of saying a separate word for is, Hungarian simply says:

• A regisztráció gyors. = The registration is fast.

This is completely normal.

Compare:

• Én gyors vagyok. = I am fast.
• Te gyors vagy. = You are fast.
• A regisztráció gyors. = The registration is fast.

So the verb shows up with I and you, but not usually with he/she/it or with a noun subject in the present tense.

Because here gyors is the predicate adjective: it is saying something about the registration.

Structure:

• A regisztráció = the subject
• gyors = what is being said about it

So the sentence is literally structured like:

• The registration — fast

If you want the adjective directly before the noun, then it becomes an attributive adjective:

• a gyors regisztráció = the fast registration

So:

• A regisztráció gyors. = The registration is fast.
• A gyors regisztráció... = The fast registration...

No. In this sentence, gyors does not change.

Hungarian adjectives do not agree with nouns the way they do in many European languages. There is:

• no grammatical gender agreement
• no singular/plural agreement in this kind of sentence

So:

• A regisztráció gyors. = The registration is fast.
• A regisztrációk gyorsak. = The registrations are fast.

Notice that in the plural sentence, the adjective becomes gyorsak because it is used as a predicate with a plural subject. But in the singular sentence, it stays simply gyors.

It is a borrowed/international word, related to English registration.

A lot of formal or administrative vocabulary in Hungarian comes from Latin or other European languages, so English speakers often recognize words like this.

Even so, the word behaves like a normal Hungarian noun:

• regisztráció
• with the definite article: a regisztráció
• in other cases, it can take Hungarian endings as well

So it may look familiar, but it still follows Hungarian grammar.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• regisztráció ≈ REH-gis-traa-tsi-oh
• stress is on the first syllable: REgisztráció

A few helpful points:

• Hungarian always stresses the first syllable
• sz is pronounced like English s
• s by itself is pronounced like English sh
• ció is roughly like tsee-oh

So regisztráció does not sound like the English word registration, even though they are related.

A rough guide:

• gyors ≈ something like dyorsh

Helpful details:

• gy is a special Hungarian sound, somewhat like the d in British English during or a soft dy
• or is a short vowel + consonant combination, not like English or exactly
• s at the end is pronounced sh

So the final sound is sh, not s.

Yes, depending on context, it can sometimes sound more general in English than the literal The registration is fast.

Hungarian often uses the definite article in places where English might choose:

• the registration
• or sometimes just registration

So the exact English translation depends on context:

• talking about a specific registration process: The registration is fast.
• talking more generally about the process: Registration is fast.

But grammatically, a is still the definite article.

You add nagyon before the adjective:

• A regisztráció nagyon gyors.

So:

• nagyon = very
• gyors = fast

This is the normal way to intensify an adjective in Hungarian.

You use nem before the adjective:

• A regisztráció nem gyors. = The registration is not fast.

Because there is no present-tense is here, the negation goes directly before the predicate adjective.

Yes. In writing, you normally use the period:

• A regisztráció gyors.

In speech, of course, there is no period; the sentence is understood from intonation.

So the important grammatical part is the word order and the missing present-tense is, not the punctuation.