Breakdown of Az előjegyzés még érvényes.
Questions & Answers about Az előjegyzés még érvényes.
In Hungarian, the verb van (to be) is usually left out in the present tense, third person when you are making a simple statement like this.
So:
- Az előjegyzés még érvényes. = The reservation/appointment is still valid.
But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:
- Érvényes vagyok = I am valid (unnatural in meaning, but grammatically shows the pattern)
- Érvényes vagy = you are valid
- Érvényes = he/she/it is valid
And in the past or future, van-type forms appear again:
- Az előjegyzés érvényes volt. = The reservation was valid.
So the missing is is completely normal here.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a
- az
They both mean the.
Which one you use depends on the sound at the beginning of the next word:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Since előjegyzés begins with e/é, a vowel sound, you say:
- az előjegyzés
Compare:
- a foglalás = the reservation
- az előjegyzés = the appointment / the booking / the reservation
This is similar to a/an in English, except Hungarian does it with the definite article.