A gyakorlati feladat könnyű.

Gyakorlati feladat usually means practical exercise, practical task, or hands-on task.

Here, gyakorlati means practical in the sense of connected with practice or doing something, not necessarily practical in the English sense of useful or sensible.

So this sentence most naturally means:

The practical exercise is easy.

Depending on context, feladat can mean task, exercise, assignment, or problem.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one you use depends on the sound that follows:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since gyakorlati starts with the consonant sound gy, you say:

a gyakorlati feladat

But:

• az alma = the apple
• az érdekes feladat = the interesting task

In Hungarian, attributive adjectives normally come before the noun, just like in English.

So:

• gyakorlati feladat = practical task
• nehéz feladat = difficult task
• érdekes könyv = interesting book

That part of the sentence is a noun phrase:

• a gyakorlati feladat = the practical task

Then könnyű tells us something about that noun phrase:

• könnyű = easy

So the whole structure is:

[The practical task] [easy].

Gyakorlati comes from gyakorlat, which means practice or exercise.

The ending -i is a common Hungarian way to make an adjective meaning something like:

• related to
• connected with
• of

So:

• gyakorlat = practice
• gyakorlati = practical, related to practice

You can see the same kind of pattern in other words too, for example:

• elmélet = theory
• elméleti = theoretical

So gyakorlati feladat contrasts nicely with elméleti feladat:

• practical task
• theoretical task

Because in Hungarian, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense, third person singular.

So instead of saying a separate word for is, Hungarian simply says:

A gyakorlati feladat könnyű.

Literally, it is something like: The practical task easy.

But it means: The practical task is easy.

This happens very often in Hungarian:

• A könyv érdekes. = The book is interesting.
• A ház nagy. = The house is big.

But the verb appears in other tenses or persons:

• A gyakorlati feladat könnyű volt. = The practical task was easy.
• A gyakorlati feladat könnyű lesz. = The practical task will be easy.
• Én fáradt vagyok. = I am tired.

Because könnyű is the predicate adjective here: it tells us what the subject is like.

The sentence structure is:

• A gyakorlati feladat = the subject
• könnyű = what is being said about it

So the order is very natural in Hungarian:

A gyakorlati feladat könnyű.

This is similar to English: The practical task is easy.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but the neutral, straightforward version puts the topic or subject first and the new information after it. Here, the important new information is könnyű.

Because könnyű is an adjective, while könnyen is an adverb.

• könnyű = easy
• könnyen = easily

In this sentence, we are describing the task itself, so we need the adjective:

• A gyakorlati feladat könnyű. = The practical task is easy.

If you used könnyen, you would need a verb that describes an action:

• A gyakorlati feladatot könnyen megoldom. = I solve the practical task easily.

So:

• use könnyű for easy
• use könnyen for easily

No. Hungarian does not have grammatical gender like many European languages do.

So there is no masculine/feminine/neuter agreement to worry about. The adjective stays the same regardless of whether the noun refers to a man, woman, object, or abstract thing.

That means könnyű is just könnyű, and gyakorlati is just gyakorlati.

This is much simpler than in languages where adjectives have to agree in gender.

You would make the noun plural, and the predicate adjective also appears in the plural:

A gyakorlati feladatok könnyűek.

This means: The practical tasks are easy.

Compare:

• feladat = task
• feladatok = tasks
• könnyű = easy
• könnyűek = easy (plural predicate form)

This is a useful pattern:

• A könyv érdekes. = The book is interesting.
• A könyvek érdekesek. = The books are interesting.

You add nem before the predicate:

A gyakorlati feladat nem könnyű.

That means: The practical task is not easy.

This is the normal way to negate a sentence like this in Hungarian.

Pattern:

• X könnyű. = X is easy.
• X nem könnyű. = X is not easy.

A few pronunciation points are especially important here:

• gy is a soft consonant, somewhat like dy in some pronunciations of during
• ny is like Spanish ñ in señor
• ű is a long vowel with no exact English equivalent; it is similar to a long German ü
• Hungarian stress is usually on the first syllable

So roughly:

• gyakorlati → stress on gya-
• könnyű → stress on kön-

Also, könnyű is pronounced as two longish sounds at the end:

• nyű

English speakers often find ő and ű hard at first, and that is completely normal.

Yes, the meaning changes.

A gyakorlati feladat könnyű. = The practical task is easy.

Here, gyakorlati belongs closely to feladat. It tells you which kind of task it is.

But:

A feladat gyakorlati és könnyű. = The task is practical and easy.

Here, both gyakorlati and könnyű are things being said about the task.

So the first sentence means:

• it is a practical task
• and that task is easy

The second means:

• the task is practical
• and also easy

That distinction is very useful in Hungarian.