A tárgyaló nagy.

In Hungarian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense when the subject is third person.

So:

• A tárgyaló nagy. = The meeting room is big.
• literally: The meeting room big.

But in other persons, Hungarian does use van / vagyok / vagy, etc.:

• Nagy vagyok. = I am big.
• Nagy vagy. = You are big.

So the missing is is completely normal here.

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a
• az

Which one is used depends on the sound that follows:

• a before most consonant sounds
• az before vowel sounds

So:

• a tárgyaló = the meeting room
• az iroda = the office

Here tárgyaló starts with t, so a is correct.

Tárgyaló usually means a meeting room, conference room, or negotiation room, depending on context.

It comes from the verb tárgyal, which means to discuss, to negotiate, or to hold talks.

So the word has the idea of a room used for discussion/meetings.

Because nagy is not directly modifying the noun inside a noun phrase here; it is the predicate adjective.

Compare:

• A tárgyaló nagy. = The meeting room is big.
  • Here nagy is part of the statement about the room.

But:

• a nagy tárgyaló = the big meeting room
  • Here nagy directly describes tárgyaló inside the noun phrase.

So:

• noun + adjective in this sentence type = The room is big
• adjective + noun = the big room

No. In Hungarian, adjectives do not agree with nouns in gender, and Hungarian has no grammatical gender like he/she or masculine/feminine noun classes.

So nagy stays nagy here.

That is different from many European languages. Hungarian adjectives are often much simpler in this way.

A rough pronunciation is:

TAAR-dyal-oh

A few useful points:

• á is a long vowel, roughly like a longer a
• gy is a single Hungarian consonant sound, somewhat like a soft dy
• the stress in Hungarian is always on the first syllable

So the stress is on TÁR-.

You can think of it approximately as:

• TÁR-gya-ló

Also, the last ó is long.

It is similar in form, but not in meaning.

In English:

• a/an = indefinite article
• the = definite article

In Hungarian:

• egy = a/an
• a / az = the

So a and az are both forms of the, not a/an.

Examples:

• egy tárgyaló = a meeting room
• a tárgyaló = the meeting room

Yes. Nagy a tárgyaló is also correct.

Both mean essentially the same thing, but the word order changes the focus or emphasis.

• A tárgyaló nagy. = neutral, straightforward statement
• Nagy a tárgyaló. = puts more emphasis on big

It can sound a bit like:

• The meeting room is big.
• The meeting room is big / It’s the meeting room that’s big.

Hungarian word order is often connected to information structure and emphasis, not just grammar.

It is neutral and completely natural in either formal or informal language.

Nothing in A tárgyaló nagy. is especially casual, literary, or slangy. It would work in everyday speech, office situations, language exercises, and simple descriptions.

You would say:

A tárgyaló nem nagy.

Here nem means not.

Structure:

• A tárgyaló = the meeting room
• nem = not
• nagy = big

So the negative particle goes before the adjective.

You can say:

A tárgyaló nagy?

In speech, Hungarian often marks yes/no questions mainly with intonation.

So the word order can stay the same, and your voice rises like in English:

• A tárgyaló nagy? = Is the meeting room big?

In more explicit or careful speech, context and intonation do a lot of the work.

Usually nagy covers both big and large.

It is a very common general adjective for size, and in many cases either English translation works. The exact best choice depends on context and style, but big is often the most natural basic translation for learners.