A kormány még mindig laza.

In Hungarian, the present-tense verb van (is) is usually left out in the third person singular and plural when it links a subject to a noun or adjective.

So:

• A kormány még mindig laza.
• literally: The steering wheel still loose
• natural English: The steering wheel is still loose.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:

• Laza vagyok. = I am loose / relaxed.
• Laza vagy. = You are loose / relaxed.

So the missing is here is completely normal.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

The choice depends on the sound that follows:

• use a before a consonant
• use az before a vowel

Since kormány starts with k, which is a consonant, it must be:

• a kormány

Compare:

• a ház = the house
• az autó = the car

Kormány can mean more than one thing in Hungarian. Common meanings include:

• government
• steering wheel
• sometimes steering / helm, depending on context

So by itself, A kormány még mindig laza could be ambiguous out of context.

Depending on the situation, it could mean something like:

• The steering wheel is still loose.
• or, less likely in everyday practical context, something figurative with government

In real life, context usually makes the meaning obvious. If this sentence appears in a car-related context, kormány will naturally be understood as steering wheel.

Még mindig means still.

It is made of two separate words:

• még = still / yet / more, depending on context
• mindig = always

But together, még mindig works as a set expression meaning still.

Examples:

• Még mindig itt van. = He/She is still here.
• Még mindig esik. = It is still raining.

So in your sentence, még mindig tells us that the situation has continued up to now.

Usually, no—not if you specifically want the meaning still in this kind of sentence.

Here is the difference:

• még mindig = still
• mindig = always
• még by itself can have other meanings, such as still, yet, or more, but it does not always sound natural as a replacement for még mindig

So:

• A kormány még mindig laza. = The steering wheel is still loose.

But:

• A kormány mindig laza. = The steering wheel is always loose.
  This changes the meaning.

Using only még here would usually sound incomplete or less natural than még mindig.

Here, laza means loose.

It is an adjective, and it can be used in several different ways depending on context. For example, it can mean:

• loose for something physical
• relaxed
• casual
• easygoing
• sometimes slack or not strict

Examples:

• laza csavar = a loose screw
• laza ruha = loose clothing
• laza ember = a relaxed / easygoing person
• laza szabályok = lenient rules

So the exact nuance depends on what is being described.

In Hungarian, adjectives used as predicates usually do not agree with the noun in the way they do in many Indo-European languages.

So:

• A kormány laza. = The steering wheel is loose.
• A csavar laza. = The screw is loose.
• A csavarok lazák. = The screws are loose.

Notice something important:

• in singular, the adjective stays as laza
• in plural predicate use, it often becomes lazák

So there can be number marking in some contexts, but Hungarian does not have the kind of gender agreement English learners may expect from languages like French, Spanish, or German.

In your sentence, the subject is singular, so laza is the expected form.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but it is not random. Different word orders create different emphasis or information structure.

The neutral order here is:

• A kormány még mindig laza.

This sounds like a plain statement: the steering wheel is still loose.

Other orders are possible, but they may sound more marked:

• A kormány laza még mindig.
  This can sound more emphatic or stylistically marked.
• Még mindig laza a kormány.
  This can put stronger focus on still loose.

So yes, the words can move, but the version you have is a very natural standard sentence.

Because here kormány is the subject of the sentence, and subjects normally appear in the nominative, which usually has no ending in Hungarian.

So:

• a kormány = the steering wheel / the government as subject

Hungarian adds endings mainly for grammatical roles like object, location, possession, and so on. For example:

• kormányt = steering wheel/government as a direct object
• kormányon = on the steering wheel
• kormánnyal = with the steering wheel / with the government

In your sentence, no case ending is needed.

It is neutral everyday Hungarian.

None of the words are especially formal or slangy in this sentence. However, laza can be informal in some other contexts, especially when describing a person as cool, laid-back, or casual.

Here, though, it is simply a normal adjective meaning loose, so the whole sentence sounds ordinary and natural.

Normally, in a full ordinary sentence like this, you would keep the article:

• A kormány még mindig laza.

Without the article:

• Kormány még mindig laza.

this sounds unnatural in standard everyday Hungarian unless it is some kind of note, headline, mechanic’s shorthand, or very context-dependent elliptical speech.

So for normal usage, keep a.

A few useful pronunciation points:

• kormány is roughly KOHR-maany
• laza is roughly LAH-zaw

Helpful details:

• á is a long vowel, like a longer a
• ny is a single consonant sound, like ny in Spanish señor, or roughly the ny sound in canyon
• Hungarian stress is usually on the first syllable of the word:
  • KÓR-mány
  • LA-za
  • MÉG MÍN-dig

So the sentence gets natural word stress like this:

• A KÓRMÁNY még mindig LAZA.

You can add an adverb before laza:

• A kormány még mindig nagyon laza. = The steering wheel is still very loose.
• A kormány még mindig túl laza. = The steering wheel is still too loose.

Common intensifiers include:

• nagyon = very
• túl = too
• elég = quite / fairly / enough, depending on context

So the basic pattern stays the same:

• A kormány még mindig + adverb + laza.