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Learn Hardcore Hungarian: Az akkumulátor új. - The rechargeable battery is new.

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Az akkumulátor új.

Word

Az akkumulátor új.

Meaning

The rechargeable battery is new.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Hungarian

Lesson

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Breakdown of Az akkumulátor új.

a rechargeable battery

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Questions & Answers about Az akkumulátor új.

Why is it az and not a?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

a before a consonant sound
az before a vowel sound

Because akkumulátor starts with a vowel, you say az akkumulátor.

Compare:

a ház = the house
az autó = the car

So az akkumulátor simply means the battery.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense when the subject is third person singular or plural and the predicate is a noun or adjective.

So:

Az akkumulátor új. = The battery is new.
literally: The battery new.

This is completely normal Hungarian.

But in other persons, the verb appears:

Én új vagyok. = I am new.
Te új vagy. = You are new.

And in the past or future, van/volt/lesz is used as needed.

Why does új come after the noun instead of before it?

Here új is not directly modifying the noun inside a noun phrase; it is part of the predicate.

So the structure is:

Az akkumulátor = the battery
új = new

Together: The battery is new.

When an adjective comes before a noun in Hungarian, it usually directly describes the noun:

az új akkumulátor = the new battery

When it comes in a sentence like this after the noun, it works like a predicate adjective:

Az akkumulátor új. = The battery is new.

So the difference is:

az új akkumulátor = the new battery
az akkumulátor új = the battery is new

What does the accent in új mean?

The accent marks vowel length. In Hungarian, vowel length is important and can change pronunciation and sometimes meaning.

u = short
ú = long

So új is pronounced with a long ú sound.

Hungarian spelling is quite regular, so accents should always be taken seriously.

How do you pronounce Az akkumulátor új?

A simple approximate pronunciation for an English speaker is:

az = like oz or uz, depending on accent, with a short vowel
akkumulátor = awk-koo-moo-LAA-tor
új = roughly ooj

A more careful breakdown:

az → awz
akkumulátor → ak-ku-mu-lá-tor
új → long ú
- j, something like ooj

The stress in Hungarian normally falls on the first syllable of each word:

AZ
AKkumulátor
ÚJ

Is akkumulátor the normal word for battery?

It can be, but it depends on the kind of battery.

In Hungarian:

akkumulátor often refers to a rechargeable battery or a car battery
elem often refers to a small disposable battery, like an AA battery

So if the sentence is about, for example, a car battery or rechargeable unit, akkumulátor is very natural.

Why is there a definite article at all? Could I say Egy akkumulátor új?

Yes, but the meaning changes.

Az akkumulátor új. = The battery is new.
Egy akkumulátor új. = A battery is new.

In English, a battery is new is possible, but it sounds less natural unless you are introducing one battery among others. The same is true in Hungarian: egy means a/an, while a/az means the.

So az is used when the battery is a specific one already known from context.

Does új change for gender, like new/newer or masculine/feminine forms?

Hungarian adjectives do not change for gender, because Hungarian has no grammatical gender like many Indo-European languages do.

So új stays the same whether you are talking about something that would be masculine, feminine, or neuter in another language.

Examples:

Az autó új. = The car is new.
A könyv új. = The book is new.
A telefon új. = The phone is new.

No gender agreement is needed.

Does új change in the plural?

Yes, in predicate position it usually does.

Compare:

Az akkumulátor új. = The battery is new.
Az akkumulátorok újak. = The batteries are new.

Here:

akkumulátor → akkumulátorok = batteries
új → újak = new (plural predicate form)

But when an adjective comes directly before a plural noun, it often stays in the basic form:

az új akkumulátorok = the new batteries

So Hungarian handles adjective number differently depending on the structure.

Can the word order change?

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, and changing it often changes the focus or emphasis.

Neutral statement:

Az akkumulátor új. = The battery is new.

If you say:

Új az akkumulátor.

that can sound more like The battery is new with extra focus on new, depending on context.

So the original sentence is the most neutral, straightforward version.

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