Az ifjúsági program holnap kezdődik.

The program for young people starts tomorrow.

Breakdown of Az ifjúsági program holnap kezdődik.

• holnap: tomorrow
• az: the
• kezdődni: to start
• program: the program

Questions & Answers about Az ifjúsági program holnap kezdődik.

What does each word in Az ifjúsági program holnap kezdődik mean?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• Az = the
• ifjúsági = youth, youth-related, for young people
• program = program
• holnap = tomorrow
• kezdődik = begins, starts

So the whole sentence means something like:

• The youth program starts tomorrow.
• The youth program begins tomorrow.

Why is az used here, and why not a?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

They both mean the.

The choice depends on the sound that follows:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since ifjúsági begins with a vowel sound, Hungarian uses az:

• az ifjúsági program

Compare:

• a program = the program
• az iskola = the school