Ő is szeret a könyvtárban olvasni.

Ő can mean either he or she. Hungarian third-person singular does not show gender, so the sentence could refer to a man or a woman.

The long accent matters: ő is a long vowel, not the same as ö.

That is true: Hungarian often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person and number.

So Szeret a könyvtárban olvasni already means He/She likes to read in the library.

Here, ő is included for emphasis or contrast, especially because of is:

• Ő is... = He/She too... / He/She also...

So the sentence is not just stating the fact; it is adding that this person belongs to a group of people for whom the statement is also true.

Is means also or too.

In Ő is szeret a könyvtárban olvasni, it attaches to ő, so the meaning is:

• He/She also likes reading in the library
• He/She too likes reading in the library

A very important point: Hungarian is comes after the word it belongs to.

So:

• Ő is = he/she too
• A könyvtárban is = in the library too
• Olvasni is = to read too

Because Hungarian is is a postpositive particle. That means it normally comes after the word it modifies, not before it like English also.

Compare:

• English: He also likes...
• Hungarian: Ő is szeret...

This is a very common pattern in Hungarian:

• én is = I too
• te is = you too
• itt is = here too

Hungarian has two main conjugation patterns often called:

• indefinite
• definite

Here, the verb is followed by an infinitive: olvasni = to read.

So szeret means likes/loves to read. This uses the indefinite form.

Compare:

• Szeret olvasni. = He/She likes to read.
• Szereti a könyvet. = He/She likes the book.

In the second sentence, a könyvet is a definite direct object, so szereti is used.

Olvasni is the infinitive form of the verb olvas = read.

The ending -ni is the normal Hungarian infinitive ending, like English to + verb.

So:

• olvas = reads
• olvasni = to read

In this sentence:

• szeret olvasni = likes to read

This is a very common structure in Hungarian:

• szeret tanulni = likes to study
• akar menni = wants to go
• tud úszni = can swim

A könyvtárban means in the library.

It breaks down like this:

• a = the
• könyvtár = library
• -ban = in

So:

• könyvtár = library
• a könyvtár = the library
• a könyvtárban = in the library

The ending -ban/-ben is called the inessive suffix and expresses being inside something.

Examples:

• a házban = in the house
• az iskolában = in the school
• a táskában = in the bag

Yes, but they do different jobs.

• a is the definite article: the
• -ban is the case ending meaning in

So Hungarian often builds noun phrases like this:

• a könyvtárban = the library-in = in the library

English uses a separate preposition (in) before the noun. Hungarian usually uses a suffix attached to the noun instead.

Its most literal meaning is in the library.

But in natural English translation, at the library may sometimes sound more natural depending on context. Hungarian is focusing on location with the inside/in suffix -ban.

So grammatically it is in the library, even if an English translation might sometimes choose at the library.

Hungarian word order is more flexible than English word order, but different orders change emphasis.

This sentence is natural and straightforward. It highlights ő with is:

• Ő is szeret a könyvtárban olvasni. = He/She also likes to read in the library.

Other orders are possible, but they may sound more marked or emphasize something else.

For example:

• A könyvtárban is szeret olvasni. = He/She also likes to read in the library / likes reading in the library too
  Here the library location is what gets also/too.

So the position of is helps show what is being added.

In this exact sentence, the most direct reading is:

• Ő is = He/She too
• so: He/She also likes to read in the library

The also/too belongs to the subject, not to the place.

If you wanted in the library too, Hungarian would normally say:

• A könyvtárban is szeret olvasni.

So the placement of is is very important for meaning.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Ő: like a long rounded vowel, something like the vowel in French peu, but longer
• is: roughly ish
• szeret: SEH-ret
• a: short aw
• könyvtárban: roughly KURNYV-taar-ban
• olvasni: OL-vosh-nee

A few useful notes:

• sz is pronounced like English s
• s by itself is pronounced like English sh
• ny is like the ny in Spanish señor
• ő is a long vowel

So is sounds like ish, but its meaning is still also/too, not the English verb is.