Ha mindenki kész, továbbindulunk.

to be

Breakdown of Ha mindenki kész, továbbindulunk.

• mi: we
• ha: if
• mindenki: everyone

Questions & Answers about Ha mindenki kész, továbbindulunk.

Why is there no word for is in mindenki kész?

Because Hungarian normally omits the verb van (is) in the present tense, 3rd person when the predicate is a noun or adjective.

So:

• Mindenki kész. = Everyone is ready.
• literally: everyone ready

But in other tenses, or in 1st/2nd person, the copula appears:

• Kész volt. = He/she was ready.
• Készek lesznek. = They will be ready.
• Kész vagyok. = I am ready.

So this sentence is completely normal without any separate word for is.

Why is mindenki treated like singular, even though it means a lot of people?

Because mindenki means everyone/everybody, and in Hungarian it behaves grammatically as singular.

That is why you get:

• Mindenki kész.
• Mindenki eljött. = Everyone came.

Not plural agreement.

This is similar to English in some ways: everyone is ready, not everyone are ready.

What exactly does ha mean here? Is it if or when?