A szőnyeg tiszta, de a függöny még mindig egy kicsit piszkos.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun or an adjective.

So:

• A szőnyeg tiszta. = The carpet is clean.
• A függöny ... piszkos. = The curtain ... is dirty.

Hungarian would only use forms of van/vannak in cases like:

• past tense
• future
• first or second person
• certain special sentence types, such as emphasis or location

So the lack of is here is completely normal.

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a szőnyeg = the carpet / the rug
• a függöny = the curtain

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one is used depends on the sound that follows:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since szőnyeg and függöny both begin with consonants, a is used.

De means but.

It is a very common conjunction used to contrast two statements:

• A szőnyeg tiszta, de a függöny piszkos. = The carpet is clean, but the curtain is dirty.

So in this sentence, de introduces the contrast between the clean carpet and the still somewhat dirty curtain.

This is a very common Hungarian expression.

• mindig by itself usually means always
• még mindig together means still

So:

• Mindig fáradt. = He/She is always tired.
• Még mindig fáradt. = He/She is still tired.

You should treat még mindig as a fixed expression meaning still.

Here:

• a függöny még mindig egy kicsit piszkos = the curtain is still a little dirty

Egy kicsit means a little or a little bit.

It is made of:

• egy = one / a
• kicsit = a little

Together they function adverbially:

• egy kicsit piszkos = a little dirty

You can think of it as the Hungarian equivalent of a bit or a little bit.

A useful note: kicsit is historically related to kicsi (small), but in modern usage egy kicsit is best learned as a common expression meaning a little.

Hungarian adjectives do not agree with nouns in gender or number the way they do in many Indo-European languages.

So the adjective stays the same:

• tiszta = clean
• piszkos = dirty

Hungarian has no grammatical gender, so there is no masculine/feminine/neuter change.

Also, in this sentence the adjectives are being used as predicates:

• A szőnyeg tiszta.
• A függöny piszkos.

That means they are simply describing the subject, and they remain in their basic dictionary form.

The word order is very natural and neutral.

• A szőnyeg tiszta
• de a függöny még mindig egy kicsit piszkos

Hungarian word order is flexible, but it is strongly connected to topic and focus.

Here, the structure is straightforward:

• A szőnyeg = topic
• tiszta = what is being said about it

Then:

• a függöny = new topic
• még mindig egy kicsit piszkos = comment about it

A different word order could change emphasis. For example, moving piszkos or még mindig to a focus position would create a more marked meaning. But the given sentence is neutral and natural.

Szőnyeg can cover the meanings of both carpet and rug, depending on context.

In English:

• carpet often suggests wall-to-wall floor covering
• rug often suggests a smaller movable piece

Hungarian szőnyeg is broader and may refer to either one. So the exact English translation depends on the situation.

If the meaning has already been given to the learner, that translation is probably the best fit for the intended context.

A few Hungarian spelling points help a lot here:

• sz is pronounced like English s in see
• s by itself is pronounced more like English sh
• ny is like the ny in Spanish señor, or roughly n+y
• gy is a soft sound somewhat like the d in British duke or a softened dy
• ü and ő are front rounded vowels, which do not exist naturally in standard English

Roughly:

• szőnyeg sounds something like SURR-nyeg, but with a rounded vowel that English does not really have
• függöny sounds roughly like FUUG-goeny, again with rounded vowels that are not exact English sounds

The most important spelling facts here are:

• sz = s
• ny = palatal n
• gy = soft dy-like sound

Yes. Piszkos is a very common word for dirty, but it is not the only one.

Another common word is koszos.

Very roughly:

• piszkos often sounds a bit more standard or neutral
• koszos is also very common in everyday speech

In many contexts they overlap:

• A függöny piszkos.
• A függöny koszos.

Both can mean The curtain is dirty.

So the choice here is normal and natural; it is mostly a vocabulary choice rather than a big grammar issue.

Yes.

If you remove egy kicsit, the sentence becomes stronger:

• A szőnyeg tiszta, de a függöny még mindig piszkos. = The carpet is clean, but the curtain is still dirty.

With egy kicsit, the statement is softened:

• ... még mindig egy kicsit piszkos = ... still a little dirty

So egy kicsit adds nuance. It tells you the curtain is not completely dirty, just somewhat dirty.

Yes, but changing the position can affect emphasis or naturalness.

In the given sentence:

• a függöny még mindig egy kicsit piszkos

this is a very natural order.

Hungarian often places time-related adverbs like még mindig before the predicate or before the focused element. If you move it, the sentence may still be grammatical, but the emphasis may shift.

For a learner, the safest pattern is:

• subject + még mindig + other adverb(s) + adjective

So this sentence is a good model to copy.