A pénztáros a sajtot is külön zacskóba teszi.

The cashier also puts the cheese into a separate bag.

Breakdown of A pénztáros a sajtot is külön zacskóba teszi.

• is: also
• tenni: to put
• külön: separate
• -ba/-be: into

Questions & Answers about A pénztáros a sajtot is külön zacskóba teszi.

Why is there a twice in the sentence?

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a pénztáros = the cashier
• a sajtot = the cheese (with object marking on sajt)

Hungarian uses the definite article separately before each definite noun phrase, just like English often does.

Also, Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

So here it is a, because pénztáros and sajt begin with consonants.

Why is it sajtot and not just sajt?

Because sajtot is the accusative form, used for the direct object.

The cheese is the thing the cashier is putting somewhere, so it takes object marking:

• sajt = cheese
• sajtot = cheese (as a direct object)

The main object ending is -t, but Hungarian often inserts a linking vowel before it. That is why you get sajtot, not just sajtt.

What does is mean here?