Questions & Answers about A part egészen közel van.
Does part here mean the same thing as English part?
No. In Hungarian, part usually means shore, bank, coast, waterfront, or sometimes a beach area, depending on context. For an English speaker, it is a bit of a false friend.
If you want part in the English sense of piece, section, component, Hungarian usually uses rész instead.
Why is it a part and not az part?
Because a and az are the Hungarian definite article, both meaning the.
- a is used before a consonant sound
- az is used before a vowel sound
Since part begins with p, you say a part.
Examples:
- a part = the shore
- az asztal = the table
What does egészen add to the sentence?
Here egészen strengthens közel. It means something like:
- quite
- really
- fairly
- sometimes very
So egészen közel van means is quite/really very close.
A useful thing to know is that egészen does not always translate the same way. In other contexts it can also mean completely or entirely. Here, though, it is simply an intensifier.