Word
A szertartás rövid.
Meaning
The ceremony is short.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about A szertartás rövid.
Does a here mean English a?
No. In this sentence, a means the, not English a.
Hungarian has:
- a / az = the
- egy = a / an
So A szertartás rövid. means The ceremony is short., not A ceremony is short.
Also, Hungarian uses:
- a before a consonant: a szertartás
- az before a vowel: az esemény
Why is there no word for is?
Because Hungarian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, third person, when you are simply describing or identifying something.
So:
- A szertartás rövid. = literally The ceremony short.
This is completely normal Hungarian.
The verb appears in other situations, for example:
- A szertartás rövid volt. = The ceremony was short.
Why does rövid come after szertartás?