A régi épület a városban van.

to be

Breakdown of A régi épület a városban van.

• az: the
• város: the city
• régi: old

Questions & Answers about A régi épület a városban van.

What does each word in A régi épület a városban van do?

A word-by-word breakdown is:

• a = the
• régi = old
• épület = building
• a = the
• városban = in the city
  • város = city
  • -ban = in
• van = is

So the structure is literally:

• The old building the city-in is

Natural English: The old building is in the city.

Why are there two a words in the sentence?

Because Hungarian uses the definite article separately before each definite noun phrase, just like English uses the more than once.

Here:

• a régi épület = the old building
• a városban = in the city

So both épület and város are definite, and each gets its own article.

Also note that a here is the article the, not the English-style verb a or letter name.

Why is it régi épület and not ?