A mosógép a fürdőszoba mellett van, és ma este is használom.

The washing machine is next to the bathroom, and I am using it this evening too.

Breakdown of A mosógép a fürdőszoba mellett van, és ma este is használom.

• lenni: to be
• is: too
• és: and
• ma: today

Questions & Answers about A mosógép a fürdőszoba mellett van, és ma este is használom.

Why is there a twice: A mosógép a fürdőszoba mellett van?

Because a/az is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a mosógép = the washing machine
• a fürdőszoba = the bathroom

Hungarian often uses the definite article where English does too, so having it twice here is completely normal.

A quick note:

• a is used before consonant sounds
• az is used before vowel sounds

For example:

• a ház = the house
• az autó = the car

What does mosógép mean literally? Is it a compound word?

Yes. Mosógép is a compound word:

• mosó = washing
• gép = machine

So it literally means washing machine.

Hungarian makes a lot of compound nouns like this, and they are usually written as one word.

Why is it a fürdőszoba mellett instead of putting an ending on fürdőszoba?