Az üzembentartó itt vár.

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Breakdown of Az üzembentartó itt vár.

• várni: to wait
• az: the
• üzembentartó: a vehicle's registered keeper

Questions & Answers about Az üzembentartó itt vár.

Why is it az and not a?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Because üzembentartó begins with ü, a vowel, the sentence uses az:

• az üzembentartó

Compare:

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

So this is similar to English a/an, but for the definite article instead.

What kind of word is üzembentartó?

Üzembentartó is a noun meaning something like operator, keeper, or in official/legal contexts often registered keeper or person responsible for operating/maintaining something.

It is built from smaller parts:

• üzem = operation, plant, enterprise
• ben = in
• tart = keep, maintain
• -ó = a suffix that can create a person or thing doing the action

So the whole word literally has the sense of the one who keeps something in operation.

Hungarian often forms long compound words like this, especially in administrative or technical language.

Why is üzembentartó written as one word?