Az előzetes terv kész.

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Breakdown of Az előzetes terv kész.

• kész: ready
• terv: the plan
• előzetes: preliminary

Questions & Answers about Az előzetes terv kész.

Why is there no word for is in Az előzetes terv kész?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense when the sentence is simply saying that something is something.

So:

• Az előzetes terv kész. = The preliminary plan is ready.

This is completely normal in Hungarian.

But the verb van can appear in other situations, for example:

• A terv kész volt. = The plan was ready.
• A terv kész lesz. = The plan will be ready.

So in the present tense, third person, Hungarian often has no visible verb where English uses is/are.

What does az mean here?

Az is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• az = the

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

The choice depends on the sound at the beginning of the next word:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Here the next word is előzetes, which begins with a vowel sound, so Hungarian uses az:

• az előzetes terv