"The new year begins tomorrow."

Translation: Holnap kezdődik az új év.

[weitzhandler]

Why not Holnap az új év kezdödik?

[Eran43183]

Why do we have here: "Holnap kezdodik az uj ev" vs. the previous sentence: "a szakacs octoberban kezd". Both are 3rd person singular with certain time description, so why one time "kezd" and one time "kedodik"?

[vvsey]

"Kezdődik" is reflexive(?), which means that it happens to itself. The year itself is starting. In the other sentence, the cook starts doing something, starts working. The year begins, the cook starts working.