A verseny holnap kezdődik.

tomorrow

Breakdown of A verseny holnap kezdődik.

• az: the
• kezdődni: to start
• verseny: a competition or race

Questions & Answers about A verseny holnap kezdődik.

What does each word in A verseny holnap kezdődik mean?

• a = the
• verseny = competition, race, or contest depending on context
• holnap = tomorrow
• kezdődik = starts / begins

So the sentence is literally The competition tomorrow starts, which in natural English is The competition starts tomorrow.

Why is there an a before verseny?

In Hungarian, a and az are the definite articles, meaning the.

• a is used before words that begin with a consonant
• az is used before words that begin with a vowel

Since verseny starts with v, Hungarian uses a: a verseny = the competition.

Why does Hungarian use kezdődik instead of a word meaning will start?

Hungarian often uses the present tense to talk about future events when the time is already clear from the context.

Here, holnap already tells you the action is in the future, so kezdődik can naturally mean starts tomorrow.

This is similar to English sentences like:

• The train leaves tomorrow.
• School starts next week.

So Hungarian does not need a separate word for will here.