A kölcsönzés gyors.

The borrowing process is quick.

Breakdown of A kölcsönzés gyors.

• az: the
• gyors: quick
• kölcsönzés: the borrowing or lending of an item

Questions & Answers about A kölcsönzés gyors.

Why is there no word for is in A kölcsönzés gyors?

Because Hungarian usually drops the verb to be in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun or an adjective.

So:

• A kölcsönzés gyors. = The borrowing is fast.

Hungarian does not normally say A kölcsönzés van gyors.

But in other tenses, to be does appear:

• A kölcsönzés gyors volt. = The borrowing was fast.

And with other persons, forms of to be are also used:

• Gyors vagyok. = I am fast.
• Gyors vagy. = You are fast.

So this sentence is completely normal Hungarian.

What does A mean here, and why is it a instead of az?

A is the definite article, so it means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

Since kölcsönzés begins with k, which is a consonant, you use a:

• a kölcsönzés

If the next word started with a vowel, you would use az instead:

• az autó = the car

What exactly does kölcsönzés mean?