A hűtőtáska tele van.

to be

Breakdown of A hűtőtáska tele van.

• az: the
• tele: full
• hűtőtáska: a cool bag

Questions & Answers about A hűtőtáska tele van.

What does a mean here?

A is the Hungarian definite article, so here it means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

Since hűtőtáska begins with a consonant sound, the sentence uses a.

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What does hűtőtáska mean exactly?

Hűtőtáska means cooler bag, cool bag, or insulated bag.

It is a compound word:

• hűtő = cooler / cooling / fridge-related
• táska = bag

So literally it is something like cooling bag, but in natural English you would usually say cooler bag or insulated bag.

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Why is hűtőtáska written as one word?

Because Hungarian very often writes compound nouns as a single word.

English often separates these ideas into two words, but Hungarian commonly joins them:

• táska = bag
• hűtőtáska = cooler bag

This is very normal in Hungarian. Learners often notice that Hungarian likes long compounds much more than English does.

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