A repedés hosszú.

the

Breakdown of A repedés hosszú.

• hosszú: long
• repedés: a crack

Questions & Answers about A repedés hosszú.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article in Hungarian, so it usually means the.

So A repedés hosszú. means The crack is long.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one you use depends on the sound that follows.

Why is it a repedés and not az repedés?

Hungarian uses:

• a before a word beginning with a consonant
• az before a word beginning with a vowel

Since repedés begins with r, which is a consonant, the correct form is a repedés.

Examples:

• a ház = the house
• az alma = the apple

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?