A település kicsi.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person when you are simply saying that something is something or is some way.

So:

• A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use van or its forms:

• Kicsi vagyok. = I am small.
• Kicsi vagy. = You are small.
• A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.

This is one of the most important basic patterns in Hungarian.

A is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a település = the settlement

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

For example:

• a település = the settlement
• az iskola = the school

Település is a general word for a settlement, locality, or inhabited place.

It is broader and more official-sounding than words like:

• város = city / town
• falu = village

So település can be used in administrative, geographic, or formal contexts when talking about a place where people live.

In Hungarian, when an adjective is part of the predicate, it usually comes after the noun.

So:

• A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.

Compare that with an adjective used directly before a noun:

• a kicsi település = the small settlement

So the position changes depending on the structure:

• adjective + noun = the adjective directly describes the noun inside the noun phrase
• noun + adjective = the adjective is the predicate: the settlement is small

No, not here.

In this sentence, kicsi stays the same. Hungarian adjectives used as predicates do not agree with the noun in gender, because Hungarian has no grammatical gender, and they also do not change here for singular/plural in the way English learners might expect.

So:

• A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.
• A települések kicsik. = The settlements are small.

Notice that in the plural, kicsi often becomes kicsik when the subject is plural.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• település ≈ teh-leh-pyoo-laysh
• kicsi ≈ kee-chee

A few helpful points:

• Hungarian stress is almost always on the first syllable:
  • TE-le-pü-lés
  • KI-csi
• ü is a front rounded vowel, something English does not really have. It is a bit like saying ee while rounding your lips.
• cs is pronounced like ch in church.
• s by itself is pronounced like sh in Hungarian, but there is no plain s sound in kicsi except as part of cs.

Both kis and kicsi can mean small, but they are used a bit differently.

Very roughly:

• kis often appears before a noun:
  • kis település = small settlement
• kicsi is very common as a predicate adjective:
  • A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.

In many contexts they overlap, but kicsi sounds especially natural in a sentence like this.

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

Neutral order:

• A település kicsi. = The settlement is small.

If you say:

• Kicsi a település.

it can sound more like The settlement is small with extra focus on small, depending on context.

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

Yes. It is a perfectly complete and natural Hungarian sentence.

It has:

• a subject: a település
• a predicate adjective: kicsi

Because Hungarian can omit is in this kind of present-tense sentence, nothing is missing.

In the past and future, Hungarian does use the verb to be.

Past:

• A település kicsi volt. = The settlement was small.

Future is often expressed with present tense plus context, but a clear future form is:

• A település kicsi lesz. = The settlement will be small.

So the zero-copula pattern applies mainly to the present tense, third person.

You would make both the noun and the predicate plural:

• A települések kicsik. = The settlements are small.

Changes:

• település → települések = settlement → settlements
• kicsi → kicsik = small → small with plural marking in predicate use

This is a useful pattern to learn early.