Questions & Answers about A vízforraló egy eszköz.
What does the first A mean in A vízforraló?
Here A is the definite article, so it means the.
- a = the before a consonant sound
- az = the before a vowel sound
So:
- a vízforraló = the kettle / the electric kettle
- az eszköz = the device would use az because eszköz starts with a vowel sound
In this sentence, A vízforraló egy eszköz literally means The kettle is a device.
Why is there also egy? Doesn't that also mean a or an?
Yes. egy can mean a / an.
So the sentence has:
- A vízforraló = the kettle
- egy eszköz = a device
That gives: The kettle is a device.
Hungarian often uses:
- a definite article for the subject: A vízforraló
- egy for an indefinite noun in the predicate: egy eszköz
What is the difference between a and egy in Hungarian?