A kávézó már nincs nyitva.

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

• a is used before words that begin with a consonant
• az is used before words that begin with a vowel

So:

• a kávézó = the café

Kávézó means café or coffee shop.

It comes from kávé (coffee), and the ending -zó/-ző often helps form nouns for places or things associated with an activity. In everyday use, kávézó is a normal word for a café.

Here már means already, but in a negative sentence like this it often corresponds more naturally to English no longer.

So:

• már nyitva van = it is already open
• már nincs nyitva = it is no longer open

That is a very common Hungarian pattern:

• már + negative verb often gives the sense of no longer / not anymore

Because Hungarian does not normally say nem van.

The verb van (is / exists) has special negative forms:

• nincs = is not / there is not (singular)
• nincsenek = are not / there are not (plural)

So:

• nyitva van = is open
• nincs nyitva = is not open

This is one of the first important irregularities learners meet.

Nincs nyitva literally works like is not open.

The structure is:

• nincs = is not
• nyitva = open in the sense of being in the state of having been opened

So the sentence is built like:

• A kávézó = the café
• már = already / no longer
• nincs nyitva = is not open

Nyitva is a special Hungarian form often used for a state.

In practice, learners usually first meet it as part of expressions like:

• nyitva van = is open
• zárva van = is closed

It is related to the verb nyit (to open), but nyitva does not behave exactly like a normal English adjective. It is better to learn nyitva van / nincs nyitva as a fixed and very common pattern.

Because nyitva van / nincs nyitva is the normal way to talk about whether a place is open for business.

• A kávézó nyitva van. = The café is open.
• A kávézó nincs nyitva. = The café isn’t open.

Nyitott does exist, but it usually feels different. It can mean opened or open in other senses, and it is not the most natural everyday way to say a shop or café is open.

For businesses, stores, offices, restaurants, and similar places, nyitva is the standard word to remember.

This is a natural neutral sentence order.

A rough breakdown is:

• A kávézó = topic, what we are talking about
• már = adds the meaning already / no longer
• nincs nyitva = the statement about it

Hungarian word order is flexible, but it often reflects emphasis and information structure more than fixed grammatical roles.

This sentence sounds natural as:

• A kávézó már nincs nyitva.

You could also hear:

• Már nincs nyitva a kávézó.

That version puts a bit more focus on the fact that it is no longer open.

Yes, and it is very close in meaning.

Compare:

• A kávézó már nincs nyitva. = The café is no longer open.
• A kávézó már zárva van. = The café is already closed.

The difference is subtle:

• nincs nyitva focuses on the absence of the open state
• zárva van directly states the closed state

In many real-life situations, both work.

There actually is a form of to be here: nincs.

English has:

• The café is not open.

Hungarian expresses the same idea with:

• A kávézó nincs nyitva.

So nincs is doing the job of is not. Hungarian just structures the sentence differently from English.

No. Here kávézó is the subject of the sentence, so it appears in its basic dictionary form, with no extra ending.

• kávézó = basic form
• a kávézó = the café

Hungarian often uses suffixes for cases, but the subject in a simple statement usually has no visible ending.

Yes, but the nuance may shift slightly depending on focus and emphasis.

Common possibilities include:

• A kávézó már nincs nyitva.
• Már nincs nyitva a kávézó.

Both are natural. The second one can sound a little more like the speaker is emphasizing the time-related change: it’s no longer open now.

For a learner, the safest version to remember is the original:

• A kávézó már nincs nyitva.

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

aw KAH-vay-zoh maar neench NYIT-vaw

A few useful points:

• á is a long a
• é is a long e sound
• ó is a long o
• ny sounds like the ny in Spanish señor, or roughly like n+y blended together for English speakers
• stress in Hungarian normally falls on the first syllable of each word:
  • KÁ-vé-zó
  • MÁR
  • NINCS
  • NYIT-va

A very literal breakdown is:

• A = the
• kávézó = café
• már = already
• nincs = is not
• nyitva = open

So literally: The café already is-not open.

Natural English: The café is no longer open or The café isn’t open anymore.