Ez a terület tiszta.

this

Breakdown of Ez a terület tiszta.

• az: the
• tiszta: clean
• terület: an area or field

Questions & Answers about Ez a terület tiszta.

Why are there two little words at the beginning, ez a? Doesn’t ez already mean this?

Yes, ez means this, but in Hungarian, when a demonstrative like ez or az comes before a noun, it is normally used together with the definite article.

So Hungarian says:

• ez a terület = this area
• az a ház = that house

This can feel strange to an English speaker, because English does not say this the area. But in Hungarian, this is standard grammar.

A useful pattern is:

• ez a ... = this ...
• az a ... = that ...

Why is it a and not az in ez a terület?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since terület begins with t, which is a consonant, the article is a:

• a terület

If the noun began with a vowel, you would get:

• ez az épület = this building

So the article changes according to the sound that follows.

What part of speech is terület, and what does it do in the sentence?