A tároló kicsi.

small

Breakdown of A tároló kicsi.

• az: the
• tároló: a storage room

Questions & Answers about A tároló kicsi.

Why is there no word for is in A tároló kicsi?

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually left out in the third person singular and plural present tense when the predicate is a noun or adjective.

So:

• A tároló kicsi. = The storage container is small.
• literally: The container small.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use the verb:

• Kicsi vagyok. = I am small.
• Kicsi vagy. = You are small.

This is one of the first things English speakers notice, because English requires is, but Hungarian often does not.

What does a mean here?

A is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a tároló = the storage container / the storage unit

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

For example:

• a tároló = the storage unit
• az ablak = the window

Since tároló begins with a consonant, it takes a.

What kind of word is tároló?