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What does ez mean here?
Ez means this.
It is the singular demonstrative pronoun for something close to the speaker. In this sentence, ez stands on its own, just like English this in This is porcelain.
Related forms:
- ez = this
- az = that
- ezek = these
- azok = those
Why is there no word for is in Ez porcelán?
Because in Hungarian, the verb to be is often omitted in the present tense, third person when the predicate is a noun or adjective.
So English:
- This is porcelain.
Hungarian:
- Ez porcelán.
This is completely normal Hungarian grammar.
You do use forms of to be in other situations, for example:
- Én orvos vagyok. = I am a doctor.
- Te fáradt vagy. = You are tired.
- Ez porcelán volt. = This was porcelain.
So the missing is is not an omission in the casual sense; it is the standard structure.
Why is there no article before porcelán?