Az aktiválás gyors.

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Breakdown of Az aktiválás gyors.

• gyors: quick
• aktiválás: activation

Questions & Answers about Az aktiválás gyors.

Why is it az and not a?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article: a and az.
You use az before a vowel sound and a before a consonant sound.

Since aktiválás starts with the vowel a, the correct form is az aktiválás.

This is similar to English a/an:

• a book
• an apple

So:

• a ház = the house
• az aktiválás = the activation

Where is the word is in this sentence?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense, in the 3rd person.

So Az aktiválás gyors. literally looks like:

• Az aktiválás = the activation
• gyors = fast

But the full meaning is The activation is fast.

This happens very often in Hungarian:

• A ház nagy. = The house is big.
• Az étel finom. = The food is tasty.

But the verb appears in other persons:

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

And it also appears in past or future:

• Az aktiválás gyors volt. = The activation was fast.

Why does gyors come after aktiválás?