Az alapterület nagy.

The floor area is large.

Breakdown of Az alapterület nagy.

• az: the
• nagy: large
• alapterület: floor area

Questions & Answers about Az alapterület nagy.

Why does the sentence start with az?

Az is the definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Because alapterület begins with a vowel (a), Hungarian uses az:

• az alapterület
• but a ház = the house

So az here is not a separate word with a special meaning beyond the.

Why is there no word for is in Az alapterület nagy?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the present tense, third person singular and plural.

So where English says:

• The floor area is large

Hungarian simply says:

• Az alapterület nagy

This is completely normal Hungarian grammar.

But in other persons, the verb appears:

• Nagy vagyok = I am big
• Nagy vagy = you are big
• Nagyok vagyunk = we are big

And in the past tense, it also appears:

• Az alapterület nagy volt = The floor area was large

Why does nagy come after alapterület?