Az informatika fontos.

Information technology is important.

Breakdown of Az informatika fontos.

• fontos: important
• az: the
• informatika: information technology

Questions & Answers about Az informatika fontos.

What does az mean here?

Az 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 informatika starts with i, the sentence uses az:

• az informatika
• but a könyv = the book

It works a lot like English a/an, except here it means the, not a/an.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

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

So:

• Az informatika fontos. = Information technology is important.

Hungarian does not need a separate word for is here.

But in other situations, forms of to be do appear:

• Én fontos vagyok. = I am important.
• Az informatika fontos volt. = Information technology was important.

So the missing is is completely normal.

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