A folyamat ma kezdődik.

today

Breakdown of A folyamat ma kezdődik.

• az: the
• kezdődni: to start
• folyamat: a process

Questions & Answers about A folyamat ma kezdődik.

What does each word do in A folyamat ma kezdődik?

• A = the (definite article)
• folyamat = process (the subject)
• ma = today (time adverb)
• kezdődik = begins / starts

So grammatically, A folyamat is the subject, ma tells you when, and kezdődik is the verb.

Why is there an a at the beginning?

A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to the in English.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

So:

• a folyamat = the process
• but az ablak = the window

Here, folyamat starts with a consonant, so a is correct.

Why is the verb kezdődik and not kezd?

This is a very common question.

• kezd usually means to start something
• kezdődik means to begin / to start by itself

So:

• A tanár kezdi az órát. = The teacher starts the lesson.
• Az óra kezdődik. = The lesson begins.

In your sentence, the process is not starting something else; it is itself beginning. That is why kezdődik is the natural choice.