A rendszám az autón van.

The registration plate is on the car.

Breakdown of A rendszám az autón van.

• lenni: to be
• autó: the car
• az: the
• rendszám: a registration plate

Questions & Answers about A rendszám az autón van.

What does A mean at the beginning of A rendszám?

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a rendszám = the license plate

Hungarian has two forms of the:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

That is why the sentence has both a and az:

• A rendszám
• az autón

Why is it az autón and not a autón?

Because autón begins with a vowel sound, Hungarian uses az instead of a.

So:

• a ház = the house
• az autó = the car

After adding the ending, autón still begins with a vowel, so it stays:

• az autón = on the car

What does rendszám mean exactly?