A szerződés az e-mailben van.

to be

Breakdown of A szerződés az e-mailben van.

• az: the
• e-mail: the email
• szerződés: a contract

Questions & Answers about A szerződés az e-mailben van.

Why does the sentence use a before szerződés but az before e-mailben?

Both a and az mean the. Hungarian uses:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

So:

• a szerződés = the contract
• az e-mailben = in the email

This is a bit like English a/an, but in Hungarian it is the definite article, not the indefinite one.

What does -ben mean in e-mailben?

-ben is a case ending meaning in or inside. Hungarian often uses suffixes where English uses prepositions.

So:

• e-mail = email
• e-mailben = in the email

This case is called the inessive.

Why is it e-mailben and not e-mailban?