A lakosság fiatal.

the

Breakdown of A lakosság fiatal.

• fiatal: young
• lakosság: the population

Questions & Answers about A lakosság fiatal.

Why is there no word for is in A lakosság fiatal?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense when the subject is third person singular or plural.

So:

• A lakosság fiatal. = The population is young.
• literally: The population young.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:

• Fiatal vagyok. = I am young.
• Fiatal vagy. = You are young.

This is a very common feature of Hungarian.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a lakosság = the population

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one is used depends on the following sound:

• a lakosság
• az ember

A very rough rule is:

• use a before consonant sounds
• use az before vowel sounds

Since lakosság starts with l, it takes a.