A nyakkendő kék.

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Breakdown of A nyakkendő kék.

• kék: blue
• nyakkendő: a necktie

Questions & Answers about A nyakkendő kék.

Why is there no word for is in A nyakkendő kék?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person when the sentence links a subject to a noun or adjective.

So:

• A nyakkendő kék. = The tie is blue.

Hungarian does not normally say A nyakkendő van kék here.

You do use forms of to be in other situations, for example:

• A nyakkendő kék volt. = The tie was blue.
• A nyakkendő kék lesz. = The tie will be blue.

What does A mean at the beginning?

A is the definite article, so it means the.

• a is used before words beginning with a consonant
• az is used before words beginning with a vowel

So:

• a nyakkendő = the tie
• az asztal = the table

This choice is based on sound, not on gender, because Hungarian does not have grammatical gender like he/she nouns in many European languages.

Why is it a nyakkendő and not just nyakkendő?