A hozzáférés fontos.

Access is important.

Breakdown of A hozzáférés fontos.

• fontos: important
• az: the
• hozzáférés: access

Questions & Answers about A hozzáférés fontos.

Why is there no word for is in A hozzáférés fontos?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense when the subject is third person singular or plural.

So:

• A hozzáférés fontos. = The access is important.
• literally: The access important.

This is completely normal Hungarian.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use van/vagyok/vagy, etc.:

• Fontos vagyok. = I am important.
• Fontos vagy. = You are important.

So the missing is here is not an omission in the casual sense; it is the standard grammar.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article in Hungarian, meaning the.

So:

• a hozzáférés = the access

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one is used depends on the following sound:

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

Because hozzáférés begins with a consonant sound, Hungarian uses a.