A fiú lassan öltözik, de a testvére már vár rá az ajtónál.

The boy gets dressed slowly, but his sibling is already waiting for him at the door.

Breakdown of A fiú lassan öltözik, de a testvére már vár rá az ajtónál.

• lassan: slowly
• de: but
• várni: to wait for
• -nál: at

Questions & Answers about A fiú lassan öltözik, de a testvére már vár rá az ajtónál.

Why do we have a fiú, a testvére, but az ajtónál?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article: a and az. They both mean the.

• a is used before a consonant sound: a fiú, a testvére
• az is used before a vowel sound: az ajtónál

So the choice is about pronunciation, not about meaning.

What does öltözik mean exactly?

Öltözik means gets dressed or is getting dressed. It usually means that someone is putting clothes on themselves.

So here A fiú lassan öltözik means the boy is dressing himself slowly.

A useful contrast is:

• öltözik = get dressed, dress oneself
• öltöztet = dress someone else

Why is it lassan and not lassú?

Because lassú is an adjective, while lassan is an adverb.

• lassú = slow
• lassan = slowly

In the sentence, the word describes how the boy is dressing, so Hungarian uses the adverb: lassan.