A munkavállaló felelős a nehéz feladatért.

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Breakdown of A munkavállaló felelős a nehéz feladatért.

• nehéz: difficult
• feladat: the task
• munkavállaló: an employee

Questions & Answers about A munkavállaló felelős a nehéz feladatért.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Hungarian usually leaves out van (is) in the present tense, third person, when the predicate is a noun or an adjective.

So:

• A munkavállaló felelős. = The employee is responsible.
• literally, it looks more like The employee responsible.

This is completely normal Hungarian.

But van can appear in other situations, for example:

• past: A munkavállaló felelős volt... = The employee was responsible...
• future: A munkavállaló felelős lesz... = The employee will be responsible...

What does munkavállaló mean exactly, and why is it such a long word?

Munkavállaló means employee.

It is built from smaller parts:

• munka = work
• vállal = to undertake, to accept
• -ó = a participle ending that can make a person-word

So the word is roughly someone who undertakes work, which developed into employee.

It is a very normal word, especially in formal, legal, HR, or workplace contexts. In everyday speech, you may also see:

• dolgozó = worker, employee
• alkalmazott = employee

Why is a used twice? Does it mean the both times?