A menedékház és a kilátó között megpihenünk.

A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to the.

In this sentence, both nouns are definite, so Hungarian uses the article with them: a menedékház and a kilátó.

It is very common, and usually the most natural standard style, to repeat the article before each noun in a phrase like a menedékház és a kilátó.

Also, Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Since menedékház and kilátó both begin with consonant sounds, the form is a.

Because között is a postposition, not a preposition.

English says between the hut and the lookout, with the relational word before the noun phrase. Hungarian often does the opposite: the noun phrase comes first, and the postposition comes after it:

• a menedékház és a kilátó között

So the structure is literally more like the hut and the lookout between.

This is very normal in Hungarian. Many location words work this way.

They are in their basic dictionary form.

That is because között is a separate postposition that applies to the whole noun phrase a menedékház és a kilátó. Unlike some other Hungarian expressions, this one does not require a special case ending on each noun here.

So you get:

• a menedékház és a kilátó között

not something like adding a separate ending to both nouns.

Yes.

Even though English often makes a clear distinction between between for two and among for more than two, Hungarian között can cover both ideas depending on context.

So with two places, között is perfectly normal and means between.

Because között expresses location, while közé expresses motion into the space between things.

Here, the sentence describes where the resting happens, so Hungarian uses the location form:

• a menedékház és a kilátó között = in the space between them

If the sentence were about going into that space, Hungarian would use közé instead.

A useful contrast is:

• között = between, in between
• közé = to between, into the space between

The prefix meg- often gives the verb a more bounded or complete sense.

Compare:

• pihenünk = we rest / we are resting
• megpihenünk = we stop to rest / we have a rest / we rest for a bit

So megpihenünk does not just describe the ongoing activity of resting. It often suggests a more whole, completed action: we take a rest.

The exact English wording depends on context, but the prefix adds an important nuance.

Because megpihenünk is:

• present tense
• first person plural
• indefinite conjugation

The ending -ünk means we.

Very roughly:

• stem: pihen-
• ending: -ünk
• with prefix: meg-pihen-ünk

The reason it is -ünk rather than -unk is vowel harmony. The verb stem has front vowels, so Hungarian uses the front-vowel version of the ending.

Because Hungarian usually does not need a subject pronoun when the verb ending already shows the subject.

In megpihenünk, the ending -ünk already tells you the subject is we.

So mi is usually left out unless you want emphasis or contrast.

For example:

• Megpihenünk. = We rest / We will rest.
• Mi megpihenünk. = We are the ones who rest, or we rest (with emphasis)

Yes, Megpihenünk a menedékház és a kilátó között also works.

Hungarian word order is flexible, and different orders can highlight different things.

In your sentence:

• A menedékház és a kilátó között megpihenünk

the location phrase comes first, which sets the scene: as for the space between the hut and the lookout, that is where we rest.

If you say:

• Megpihenünk a menedékház és a kilátó között

that is also natural and may feel a bit more straightforward in some contexts.

One more useful point: with verbal prefixes, word order can affect whether the prefix stays attached. In the neutral sentence here, megpihenünk stays together. But in a strongly contrastive version, Hungarian could say:

• A menedékház és a kilátó között pihenünk meg.

That version puts stronger focus on the location.

Grammatically, it is present tense.

However, Hungarian often uses the present tense for future meaning when the context makes the future clear.

So depending on context, megpihenünk can correspond to English:

• we rest
• we are going to rest
• we will rest

This is very normal in Hungarian and does not usually cause confusion for native speakers.