Ez az elvárás nagyon fontos.

Because in Hungarian, when a demonstrative like ez (this) comes before a noun, it is usually followed by the definite article as well.

So the pattern is:

• ez a + noun = this + noun
• az a + noun = that + noun

But the article changes depending on the next word:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since elvárás begins with a vowel, you get:

• ez az elvárás = this expectation / this requirement

So ez a elvárás is not correct.

Elvárás usually means expectation, requirement, or something that is expected.

Depending on context, Ez az elvárás nagyon fontos could mean things like:

• This expectation is very important.
• This requirement is very important.

The exact English translation depends on the situation. In everyday Hungarian, elvárás often refers to what someone expects from another person, a system, a job, a school, and so on.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense, third person.

So instead of saying a separate word for is, Hungarian simply says:

• Ez az elvárás nagyon fontos.
• literally: This expectation very important.
• natural English: This expectation is very important.

This is normal Hungarian grammar.

Compare:

• Én fontos vagyok. = I am important.
• Te fontos vagy. = You are important.
• Ez fontos. = This is important.
  → no van here

In the present tense, third person singular/plural, Hungarian usually leaves out van/vannak in sentences like this.

Because nagyon means very, and in Hungarian it normally comes directly before the adjective or adverb it modifies.

So:

• nagyon fontos = very important
• nagyon jó = very good
• nagyon gyorsan = very quickly

This is similar to English, where very also goes before the adjective.

Fontos is an adjective meaning important. In this sentence, it is used as a predicate adjective: it tells us something about the subject.

Structure:

• Ez az elvárás = the subject
• nagyon fontos = what is being said about the subject

So the sentence means that this expectation/requirement has the quality of being very important.

No, not here.

Hungarian adjectives do not change for gender, and Hungarian has no grammatical gender like English he/she noun classes or languages like German/French/Spanish.

Also, predicate adjectives usually stay in a basic form:

• A könyv fontos. = The book is important.
• A szabály fontos. = The rule is important.
• Az elvárások fontosak. = The expectations are important.

Notice that in the plural predicate, Hungarian often uses a plural ending on the adjective:

• singular: fontos
• plural: fontosak

But in your sentence the subject is singular, so fontos stays singular.

The neutral word order is:

• Ez az elvárás = topic/subject
• nagyon fontos = comment about it

So:

• Ez az elvárás nagyon fontos.

This is a natural, neutral way to say it.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but changes in order often affect emphasis more than basic meaning. For example, other orders might be possible in context, but this version sounds like a straightforward statement.

Yes, that is a very common learner question.

On its own:

• ez = this
• az = that

But in ez az elvárás, the az is not the demonstrative that. It is the definite article the, in its vowel form.

So here:

• ez = this
• az = the
• elvárás = expectation / requirement

Together: this expectation

This doubling is normal in Hungarian.

A simple pronunciation guide:

• Ez ≈ ez
• az ≈ awz / uz depending on accent, but with a clear z
• elvárás ≈ EL-vaa-raash
• nagyon ≈ NODGE-on or NAWDGE-on
• fontos ≈ FON-tosh

A few key points:

• Stress in Hungarian is almost always on the first syllable of each word:
  • EZ
  • AZ
  • ELvárás
  • NAgyon
  • FONtos
• á is a long vowel, roughly like a longer a sound
• s is pronounced like English sh
• gy is a soft consonant, somewhat like the d in British duke or a softened dy sound

Yes. In this sentence, Ez az elvárás is the subject phrase.

You can think of it as:

• Ez az elvárás = this expectation / this requirement
• nagyon fontos = is very important

Hungarian does not mark the subject with a special ending here; the subject is simply in the basic dictionary form of the noun:

• elvárás

So this is an ordinary nominative subject.

Yes. Elvárás can cover more than one English word, depending on context.

Possible translations include:

• expectation
• requirement
• demand
• sometimes even expectancy in a broader sense, though that is less common

So without more context, an English speaker may need to choose the most natural translation based on the situation.

The plural noun would be:

• elvárások = expectations / requirements

Then the sentence could become:

• Ezek az elvárások nagyon fontosak.
• These expectations are very important.

Notice the changes:

• ezek = these
• az stays as the article before a vowel-initial noun
• elvárások = plural noun
• fontosak = plural predicate adjective

So Hungarian marks plural on both the noun and, in this kind of predicate, the adjective.

Yes, but it means something different.

• Az elvárás nagyon fontos. = The expectation / requirement is very important.
• Ez az elvárás nagyon fontos. = This expectation / requirement is very important.

So ez adds the idea of this specific one.

Without ez, you just have the definite noun phrase the expectation.

It is completely normal Hungarian and can be used in both formal and neutral contexts.

The word elvárás itself can sound a bit formal or abstract depending on context, but the sentence structure is very standard. You might hear it in:

• workplace discussions
• school rules
• official communication
• everyday conversation when talking about expectations

So grammatically and stylistically, it is perfectly natural.