Word
Abban az esetben, ha nincs melléklet, hiánypótlás kell.
Meaning
In the event that there is no attachment, the missing documentation must be supplied.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Abban az esetben, ha nincs melléklet, hiánypótlás kell.
nincs
to not be (there is no)
kell
to have to
abban az esetben, ha
in the event that; if (formal)
melléklet
an attachment or enclosure
Questions & Answers about Abban az esetben, ha nincs melléklet, hiánypótlás kell.
Why does the sentence start with abban az esetben? Doesn’t ha already mean if?
Yes — ha already means if, so abban az esetben, ha ... is more formal and heavier than just ha ....
- ha nincs melléklet, ... = if there is no attachment, ...
- abban az esetben, ha nincs melléklet, ... = in that case / in the event that there is no attachment, ...
This kind of wording is very common in official or bureaucratic Hungarian. In everyday speech, people would often just say:
- Ha nincs melléklet, hiánypótlás kell.
So the longer opening is not wrong at all — it just sounds more formal.
What exactly does abban az esetben mean, and why are there two words for that-type meaning: abban and az?