Word
Március meleg.
Meaning
March is warm.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Március meleg.
Why is there no word for is in Március meleg?
Because Hungarian usually leaves out the verb to be in the present tense when the subject is third person and the predicate is a noun or adjective.
So:
- Március meleg. = March is warm.
- literally, it looks like March warm.
This is completely normal in Hungarian.
Compare:
- Én meleg vagyok. = I am warm.
- Te meleg vagy. = You are warm.
- Március meleg. = March is warm.
In the past or future, the verb appears again:
- Március meleg volt. = March was warm.
Does Március meleg mean March is warm or It is warm in March?
Most directly, it means March is warm.
That is slightly different from It is warm in March:
- Március meleg. = you are describing March itself.
- Márciusban meleg van. = It is warm in March.
So if you mean the weather during the month, Márciusban meleg van is often the more natural everyday way to say it.
Why isn’t it Márciusban here?