A kár nagy.

the

Breakdown of A kár nagy.

• nagy: large
• kár: damage or loss

Questions & Answers about A kár nagy.

What does a mean in A kár nagy?

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a kár = the damage / the loss

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Since kár begins with a consonant, it is a kár, not az kár.

What does kár mean here exactly?

In this sentence, kár means damage, loss, or harm.

So A kár nagy means something like:

• The damage is great
• The loss is big
• The harm is considerable

A useful warning: kár can also mean a pity / shame in other contexts, for example:

• Kár. = It’s a pity.
• Kár, hogy... = It’s a pity that...

But in A kár nagy, it clearly means damage/loss.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?