A parkolási övezet díjköteles.

Because Hungarian normally omits the verb van (to be) in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun or adjective.

So:

• A parkolási övezet díjköteles. = The parking zone is subject to a fee.

But in other persons, or in past/future, the verb appears:

• A parkolási övezet díjköteles volt. = The parking zone was subject to a fee.
• A parkolási övezet díjköteles lesz. = The parking zone will be subject to a fee.
• Én fáradt vagyok. = I am tired.

So the missing is is completely normal here.

Here a means the, not English a/an.

Hungarian has:

• a / az = the
• egy = a/an

So:

• A parkolási övezet = the parking zone
• Egy parkolási övezet = a parking zone

Learners often get confused because Hungarian a looks like English a, but it is actually the definite article.

Also, Hungarian uses:

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

For example:

• a parkoló
• az övezet

Parkolási means parking-related or concerning parking.

It comes from:

• parkolás = parking
• -i = an adjective-forming suffix meaning something like related to / of

So:

• parkolás = parking
• parkolási = parking-, related to parking

In this sentence:

• parkolási övezet = parking zone

This -i suffix is very common in Hungarian:

• iskola = school → iskolai = school-related
• nyár = summer → nyári = summer, summer-related
• Budapest → budapesti = from Budapest / Budapest-related

Díjköteles literally breaks down as:

• díj = fee, charge
• köteles = obliged, bound, required

Together, díjköteles means something like:

• subject to a fee
• chargeable
• not free
• fee-paying

It is a fairly formal or official-sounding word, which is why it fits well on signs and notices.

A more everyday alternative in some contexts is fizetős, meaning paid / requiring payment:

• Ez a parkoló fizetős. = This car park is paid / you have to pay here.

But díjköteles sounds more official and administrative.

Because in this sentence parkolási is an adjective, not a noun.

The structure is:

• a parkolási övezet = the parking zone

Here:

• parkolási describes övezet
• övezet is the noun

Only the noun would normally take the case ending if needed:

• a parkolási övezetben = in the parking zone
• a parkolási övezetet = the parking zone (object)

So parkolási stays in its adjective form.

They are in the basic dictionary form, usually called the nominative.

• övezet = zone
• díjköteles = subject to a fee

There is no special case ending here because the sentence is just a simple statement:

• The parking zone is fee-paying.

If you changed the role of the noun, you would add a case ending:

• A parkolási övezetben parkolok. = I park in the parking zone.
• Látom a parkolási övezetet. = I see the parking zone.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• A = short aw/uh
• parkolási = PAR-ko-laa-shee
• övezet = UR-ve-zet or EU-ve-zet depending on your approximation
• díjköteles = DEEJ-kuh-teh-lesh

A few useful points:

• Stress is always on the first syllable of each word in Hungarian.
• s is pronounced like English sh.
• ö is like German ö or French eu.
• í is a long ee sound.
• á is a long open vowel, somewhat like aa.

So parkolási ends with a shee sound, not an English see sound.

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, and changing it often changes the focus or emphasis.

The neutral version is:

• A parkolási övezet díjköteles.

If you say:

• Díjköteles a parkolási övezet.

that puts more focus on díjköteles, as if highlighting it is subject to a fee.

On a sign or notice, the original order sounds neutral and natural.

None of those. Hungarian has no grammatical gender.

So övezet is not masculine, feminine, or neuter. The same is true for nouns in general.

This means you do not have to memorize gender with Hungarian nouns, and there is no equivalent of he/she/it built into the noun itself.

You simply add nem before the predicate:

• A parkolási övezet nem díjköteles. = The parking zone is not subject to a fee.

This is the normal way to negate this kind of sentence.

Yes. Even if the meaning is already known, it helps to see the range of natural English equivalents.

Possible translations include:

• The parking zone is subject to a fee.
• Parking in this zone is not free.
• This is a paid parking zone.
• Parking charges apply in this zone.

The Hungarian sentence is short and official, so English often has several natural ways to express it depending on context.