A tepsi hatalmas.

The baking tray is huge.

Breakdown of A tepsi hatalmas.

• az: the
• tepsi: a baking tray
• hatalmas: huge

Questions & Answers about A tepsi hatalmas.

Why does the sentence start with a? Does it mean a or the in English?

Here a means the, not English a/an.

Hungarian has:

• a / az = the
• egy = a/an

So:

• A tepsi hatalmas. = The baking tray is huge.
• Egy tepsi hatalmas. would mean A baking tray is huge or One baking tray is huge, depending on context.

Why is it a tepsi and not az tepsi?

Hungarian uses two forms of the definite article:

• a before a word that begins with a consonant
• az before a word that begins with a vowel

Since tepsi starts with t, a consonant, the correct form is a tepsi.

Examples:

• a tepsi = the tray
• az alma = the apple

Where is the word is? Why isn’t there a verb in the sentence?