Reggel a tükör előtt fésülködöm, mielőtt munkába megyek.

In Hungarian, many common time words can function as adverbs without any extra ending. Reggel simply means in the morning / in the morning time.

So here, Reggel is a natural standalone time expression. Depending on context, it can mean:

• in the morning
• this morning
• in the mornings

In this sentence, it most likely describes a routine: in the morning.

Because Hungarian uses postpositions very often, not prepositions.

English says:

• in front of the mirror

Hungarian says:

• a tükör előtt
• literally: the mirror in-front-of

So előtt comes after the noun phrase it belongs to. That is completely normal in Hungarian.

Here előtt means in front of in a physical, spatial sense.

So:

• a tükör előtt = in front of the mirror

But előtt can also mean before in a time sense:

• ebéd előtt = before lunch
• indulás előtt = before leaving

So the same word can be spatial or temporal, depending on context.

Hungarian uses the definite article a / az quite naturally when referring to a specific, identifiable object. In this sentence, a tükör means the mirror, probably the one the speaker normally uses.

So a tükör előtt sounds natural because it refers to a specific mirror in the situation. Hungarian often uses the definite article in places where English learners may not expect it, but here it matches English fairly well: in front of the mirror.

Yes, that is the natural meaning here.

Fésülködöm comes from fésülködni, which means to comb/brush one’s hair. It is a reflexive-like verb: the action is understood as something you do to yourself.

So:

• fésülködöm = I comb my hair / I brush my hair

Hungarian often uses a special verb for this kind of self-directed action instead of saying it the way English does.

Because fésülködni already implies that you are combing your own hair. The object does not need to be stated.

Compare:

• Fésülködöm. = I’m combing my hair.
• Fésülöm a hajam. = I’m combing my hair.

Both are possible, but they are built differently.

• fésülködni is an intransitive, reflexive-like verb
• fésülni is a transitive verb, so it can take an object like a hajam

In everyday speech, fésülködöm is very natural.

It is the 1st person singular present tense form of fésülködni.

Very roughly:

• fésülködni = to comb one’s hair
• fésülködöm = I comb my hair / I am combing my hair

The ending -öm marks I here.

You do not need to break it down too mechanically at first. The important thing is to learn fésülködni as a whole vocabulary item, because this -ködik / -ködöm type often behaves like a set verb pattern.

Hungarian usually leaves out subject pronouns when they are not needed, because the verb ending already shows the person.

Here:

• fésülködöm already means I comb my hair
• megyek already means I go

So én is unnecessary unless you want emphasis or contrast:

• Én fésülködöm, nem ő. = I’m the one combing my hair, not him/her.

Without contrast, leaving out én is the normal choice.

Mielőtt means before when it introduces a clause.

So:

• mielőtt munkába megyek = before I go to work

This is similar to English before I go to work.

A useful thing to notice is that Hungarian often uses a full clause after mielőtt, with a normal finite verb:

• mielőtt elindulok
• mielőtt eszem
• mielőtt lefekszem

So if you are thinking in English, do not expect only a structure like before going. Hungarian very naturally says before I go.

The ending -ba means into / to and shows motion toward a place.

So:

• munka = work
• munkába = to work

This is an idiomatic Hungarian expression:

• munkába megyek = I go to work

Even though munka literally means work, Hungarian treats it like a destination in this phrase, just as English does in go to work.

Also, it is -ba rather than -be because of vowel harmony:

• munka has back vowels, so it takes -ba

Because munkába menni is a fixed, idiomatic expression meaning to go to work. In this kind of expression, Hungarian normally does not use the article.

Compare:

• munkába megyek = I’m going to work
• iskolába megyek = I’m going to school

If you were talking about a specific workplace more explicitly, you might use a different phrase, for example:

• a munkahelyemre megyek = I’m going to my workplace

So munkába megyek is the standard idiomatic form.

Because this sentence describes a regular routine, and Hungarian commonly uses the present tense for habitual actions.

So the sequence is understood from:

• the meaning of mielőtt = before
• the general context of daily routine

In other words, Hungarian does not need a special tense here to show the order. The conjunction already does that.

So this is perfectly natural:

• Reggel ... fésülködöm, mielőtt munkába megyek.

It means something like:

• In the morning, I comb my hair before I go to work.

Yes, you could. Hungarian word order is more flexible than English word order, and changing the order often changes emphasis rather than the basic meaning.

These are both natural:

• Reggel a tükör előtt fésülködöm, mielőtt munkába megyek.
• Reggel fésülködöm a tükör előtt, mielőtt munkába megyek.

The original version puts a tükör előtt before the verb, which helps present it as part of the setting. If you move fésülködöm earlier, the action itself can feel slightly more prominent.

So the main meaning stays the same, but the information structure shifts a little.

Both can be possible in Hungarian, but they are not exactly the same.

• megyek = I go / I am going
• elmegyek = I leave / I go away / I set off

In munkába megyek, plain megyek is the most neutral and idiomatic choice. It simply states the destination: I go to work.

If you said mielőtt elmegyek munkába, that would put a bit more emphasis on the act of leaving or setting off. It is not wrong, but the sentence you were given is the more straightforward everyday version.