A közösség nagy.

The community is large.

Breakdown of A közösség nagy.

• nagy: big
• az: the
• közösség: a community

Questions & Answers about A közösség nagy.

Why does the sentence start with a? Does it mean a/an in English?

No. In Hungarian, a is the definite article, so it means the, not a/an.

• a közösség = the community
• egy közösség = a community

A useful thing to know is that Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

So here, a közösség means the community.

Where is the word is?

Hungarian often leaves out the verb to be in the present tense, third person.

So English:

• The community is big.

becomes Hungarian:

• A közösség nagy.

There is no separate word for is here.

This happens when the subject is he/she/it or a noun like the community, and the predicate is a noun, adjective, or similar expression.

Compare:

• Én nagy vagyok. = I am big.
• Te nagy vagy. = You are big.
• A közösség nagy. = The community is big.

So the missing is is completely normal.