A blokk elektronikus.

the

Breakdown of A blokk elektronikus.

• blokk: a cash-register receipt
• elektronikus: electronic

Questions & Answers about A blokk elektronikus.

What does a mean here? Is it the same as English a?

No. Hungarian a here means the, not English a/an.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

So:

• a blokk = the block
• az asztal = the table

Because blokk starts with a consonant, Hungarian uses a.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun, adjective, or pronoun.

So:

• A blokk elektronikus. = The block is electronic.

Hungarian does not need a separate word for is here.

But the verb does appear in other situations, for example:

• past tense: A blokk elektronikus volt. = The block was electronic.
• first person: Elektronikus vagyok. = I am electronic.
• second person: Elektronikus vagy. = You are electronic.

Also, for location/existence, Hungarian uses van:

• A blokk itt van. = The block is here.