Ez a hónap nehéz.

This month is difficult.

Breakdown of Ez a hónap nehéz.

• ez: this
• az: the
• nehéz: difficult
• hónap: a month

Questions & Answers about Ez a hónap nehéz.

Why does the sentence have both ez and a? Don’t they both mean this/the?

Yes, this is a very common question.

In ez a hónap, the word ez means this, and a is the definite article the.
Hungarian normally uses this pattern with a noun:

• ez a könyv = this book
• ez a ház = this house
• ez a hónap = this month

So even though English says just this month, Hungarian usually says literally this the month.

A useful contrast:

• a hónap = the month
• ez a hónap = this month

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?