A testület ma dönt.

The governing body decides today.

Breakdown of A testület ma dönt.

• ma: today
• az: the
• dönteni: to decide
• testület: a governing body or board

Questions & Answers about A testület ma dönt.

What does a mean here?

A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.

So a testület = the committee / the body / the board.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Since testület begins with a consonant, it takes a.

What exactly does testület mean?

Testület usually means a body, board, committee, or council in the sense of an organized group that makes decisions.

It is not usually understood as a physical body here. In administrative, legal, or institutional contexts, testület often refers to a decision-making group.

So depending on context, it could be translated as:

• the committee
• the board
• the council
• the body

Why is there no word for it or they before dönt?

Hungarian often omits subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows the person and number.

Here, dönt means he/she/it decides or decides in the third person singular.

Since a testület is already the subject, there is no need for an extra pronoun.