A kipufogó hangos.

The exhaust is loud.

Breakdown of A kipufogó hangos.

• hangos: loud
• az: the
• kipufogó: an exhaust

Questions & Answers about A kipufogó hangos.

What does a mean here? Is it the or a/an?

Here a means the.

So A kipufogó hangos. = The exhaust is loud.

Hungarian has:

• a / az = the
• egy = a / an

Why a and not az?
Because kipufogó starts with a consonant. Hungarian uses:

• a before consonant sounds: a ház, a kipufogó
• az before vowel sounds: az autó

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Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Hungarian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun, adjective, or similar expression.

So:

• A kipufogó hangos. = The exhaust is loud.

But Hungarian does use forms of to be in other situations, for example:

• Hangos vagyok. = I am loud.
• Hangos vagy. = You are loud.
• Hangos volt. = It was loud.

Also, for location/existence, Hungarian usually keeps van:

• A kipufogó a garázsban van. = The exhaust is in the garage.

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