A történelmi dísztárgy drága.

The historical decorative object is expensive.

Breakdown of A történelmi dísztárgy drága.

• az: the
• drága: expensive
• dísztárgy: a decorative object
• történelmi: historical

Questions & Answers about A történelmi dísztárgy drága.

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

Here a means the, not a/an.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

So:

• a történelmi dísztárgy = the historical decorative object
• az alma = the apple

If you wanted a/an in the indefinite sense, you would use egy.

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Why is there no word for is in A történelmi dísztárgy drága?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense, third person singular and plural when linking a subject to a noun or adjective.

So:

• A tárgy drága. = The object is expensive.
• literally, Hungarian says something like The object expensive.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:

• Én drága vagyok. = I am expensive.
• Te drága vagy. = You are expensive.

And in past or future tense, the verb also appears:

• A tárgy drága volt. = The object was expensive.

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