is this "ebed" related to Polish / Russian obiad/obed ? (this is how I try to memorize stuff :)

I have an english keyboard . and in the question you did not show the vowels with accents , then told me I was almost right because I had not shown them

It should accept Laszlo without the accents, sine it accepts every other word without an accent

The translation you show for ebedel is " is having/eating lunch" . Laszlo has lunch could mean he has it with him but is not yet eating it .

How about if we use the somewhat old fashioned verb, "to lunch?" I'll try that next time.