November hideg.

November is cold.

Breakdown of November hideg.

• hideg: cold
• november: November

Questions & Answers about November hideg.

Why is there no word for is in November hideg?

Because Hungarian often omits the verb meaning is in the present tense, third person singular when the predicate is a noun or an adjective.

So:

• November hideg. = November is cold.
• literally: November cold.

But in other tenses, Hungarian does use the verb:

• November hideg volt. = November was cold.
• November hideg lesz. = November will be cold.

Why is November capitalized here? Aren’t month names lowercase in Hungarian?

Yes: in Hungarian, month names are normally written with a lowercase letter.

So normally you write:

• november

But here it is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence:

• November hideg.

If the word appeared in the middle of a sentence, it would usually be:

• A november hideg. (though this wording is less natural in everyday speech)

What does hideg mean grammatically here?