Questions & Answers about Az ipari anyag erős.
Why does the sentence start with az instead of a?
Both a and az mean the in Hungarian.
The choice depends on the sound at the beginning of the next word:
- a is used before a consonant
- az is used before a vowel
Here the next word is ipari, which begins with i, so Hungarian uses az:
- az ipari anyag
This is similar to the difference between a and an in English, although in Hungarian both forms still mean the, not a/an.
What does ipari mean, and how is it formed?
Ipari means industrial.
It comes from the noun ipar, which means industry.
The ending -i is a very common Hungarian suffix that turns a noun into an adjective meaning something like:
- related to
- of
- connected with
So:
- ipar = industry
- ipari = industrial
You will see this pattern a lot in Hungarian:
- iskola = school → iskolai = school-related, school
- Budapest → budapesti = from Budapest, Budapest-related