Az iskola számítógépet biztosít.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

Since iskola begins with i, you say az iskola.

This is similar to English a/an, but it is only for the definite article, meaning the.

• az iskola = the school
• a tanár = the teacher

Because it is the direct object of the verb, so it takes the accusative ending.

• base form: számítógép = computer
• object form: számítógépet = computer as the thing being provided

The accusative marker is basically -t, but Hungarian often inserts a vowel before it to make the word easier to pronounce. So here you get:

• számítógép
  • accusative → számítógépet

A good beginner takeaway is:

• if a noun is the direct object, Hungarian usually marks it
• English usually does not mark this on the noun itself

Hungarian often leaves out the indefinite article egy when English would use a/an, especially with non-specific objects.

So:

• számítógépet biztosít can naturally mean provides a computer

If you add egy, it often sounds a bit more like:

• one computer
• a certain computer
• or it gives slightly more emphasis to the noun

So both are possible, but the version without egy is very normal here.

This is because Hungarian verbs have two main conjugation types:

• indefinite conjugation
• definite conjugation

Here, the object is indefinite: számítógépet = a computer / computer, not the computer. So Hungarian uses the indefinite verb form:

• biztosít = provides

If the object were definite, you would usually use the definite form:

• Az iskola biztosítja a számítógépet. = The school provides the computer.

So this sentence is a very useful example of how the verb form depends on the object.

Because this is a normal Hungarian sentence pattern.

Hungarian word order is much more flexible than English word order, and it often shows information structure rather than just grammar. In a neutral sentence like this:

• Az iskola is the topic: what we are talking about
• számítógépet biztosít is what we say about it

With an indefinite object, putting the object right before the verb is very common and natural.

So this order is not strange at all:

• Az iskola számítógépet biztosít.

If you change the order, the sentence may still be grammatical, but the emphasis or style can change.

Grammatically, számítógépet is singular accusative.

So the most direct reading is something like:

• a computer
• computer as an indefinite object

But in real usage, Hungarian bare singular objects can sometimes sound a bit more general than English. Depending on context, English might translate it as:

• provides a computer
• provides computer access
• provides computers

However, strictly speaking, the Hungarian form here is singular. If you clearly wanted plural, you would say:

• számítógépeket = computers as the object

Biztosít is:

• present tense
• third person singular
• from the infinitive biztosítani = to provide / to ensure

It matches the subject az iskola = the school, which is third person singular.

So structurally:

• Az iskola = the school
• biztosít = provides

This present tense can describe:

• a general fact
• a rule
• a regular service
• something that is usually true

So the sentence can sound like a policy statement, not just something happening right now.

A rough guide:

• Az iskola → az ish-ko-la
• számítógépet → saa-mee-toe-gay-pet
• biztosít → bee-sto-sheet

A few important pronunciation points:

• sz is pronounced like English s
• Hungarian s is pronounced like English sh
• á, í, ó, é are long vowels
• stress usually falls on the first syllable of each word

So:

• SZÁmítógépet
• BIztosít

That helps the sentence sound much more natural.