A meghívó szép.

A is the Hungarian definite article, so it corresponds to the in English.

• a is used before most consonant sounds
• az is used before vowel sounds

So:

• a meghívó = the invitation
• az asztal = the table

In this sentence, meghívó begins with a consonant sound, so a is the correct form.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun, adjective, or similar expression.

So:

• A meghívó szép. = The invitation is beautiful.

There is no separate word for is here, but it is understood.

Compare:

• Én szép vagyok. = I am beautiful.
• Te szép vagy. = You are beautiful.
• A meghívó szép. = The invitation is beautiful.

So the omission happens specifically in the third person present.

Here szép is a predicate adjective, not an adjective directly attached to the noun.

Compare these two patterns:

• A meghívó szép. = The invitation is beautiful.
• A szép meghívó = the beautiful invitation

So:

• szép meghívó: the adjective describes the noun inside the noun phrase
• meghívó szép: the adjective is the predicate, meaning the invitation is beautiful

This is similar to the difference between:

• the beautiful invitation
• the invitation is beautiful

Yes, Szép a meghívó is also correct, but the word order changes the emphasis.

• A meghívó szép. = neutral statement: The invitation is beautiful.
• Szép a meghívó. = stronger focus on beautiful, something like The invitation is beautiful / The invitation looks beautiful

Hungarian word order is very sensitive to focus and emphasis, so both versions can be grammatical, but they are not always used in exactly the same context.

Meghívó most commonly means invitation.

It comes from the verb meghív, which means to invite.

So the pattern is roughly:

• meghív = to invite
• meghívó = invitation / inviting

In this sentence, it is clearly a noun meaning invitation.

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

MEGH-ee-voh, with the stress on the first syllable

A few details:

• Hungarian always stresses the first syllable
• é is a long vowel, somewhat like ay in say, but steadier
• í is a long ee
• ó is a long o

So:

• szép sounds roughly like sayp
• meghívó sounds roughly like MEGH-ee-voh

Also, the h is pronounced; it is not silent.

No. Szép is broader than just beautiful.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• beautiful
• pretty
• nice
• fine
• sometimes even good in certain expressions

So A meghívó szép could be understood as:

• The invitation is beautiful
• The invitation is nice
• The invitation looks lovely

The best English translation depends on context and tone.

It is in the nominative case, which is the basic dictionary form and the usual case for the subject of the sentence.

In:

• A meghívó szép.

a meghívó is the subject: the invitation

Hungarian often uses endings to mark cases, but here there is no extra case ending because nominative usually has zero marking.

The plural version would be:

A meghívók szépek. = The invitations are beautiful.

Changes:

• meghívó → meghívók = invitations
• szép → szépek = beautiful (plural predicate adjective)

Notice that in Hungarian, when the subject is plural, the predicate adjective also often appears in a plural form in this kind of sentence.

In sentences like this, Hungarian commonly makes the adjective agree in number with the plural subject.

So:

• A meghívó szép. = singular
• A meghívók szépek. = plural

This is different from English, where beautiful stays the same in both singular and plural.

Hungarian often marks plurality more visibly.

Grammatically, Egy meghívó szép is possible, but it is not the most natural sentence in many contexts.

• egy = a/an or one
• egy meghívó = an invitation / one invitation

However, in real usage, this sentence may sound a bit unusual unless you are making a contrast or a general point.

More natural possibilities might depend on context:

• Ez a meghívó szép. = This invitation is beautiful.
• A meghívó szép. = The invitation is beautiful.

So egy is not wrong, but it changes the feel of the sentence.

Yes, absolutely. It is a fully complete and natural sentence.

Hungarian does not need an explicit word for is here, so even though it may look short to an English speaker, it is structurally complete.

The sentence has:

• A meghívó = subject
• szép = predicate adjective

That is enough to form a full sentence in Hungarian in this pattern.