Word
Az elem veszélyes hulladék.
Meaning
The battery is hazardous waste.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Az elem veszélyes hulladék.
What does az mean here, and why is it az instead of a?
Az is the Hungarian definite article, so it means the.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Since elem begins with a vowel, Hungarian uses az:
- az elem = the battery
Compare:
- a ház = the house
- az autó = the car
What does elem mean in this sentence?
In this sentence, elem means battery or more precisely cell.
This word can have different meanings depending on context, such as:
- element
- component
- battery/cell
But with veszélyes hulladék (hazardous waste), the meaning battery is the natural one.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?