Questions & Answers about Az állomás a központ közelében van.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Since állomás starts with a vowel, you say az állomás.
Compare:
- az állomás = the station
- a központ = the center
Both a and az mean the.
Because there are two definite nouns:
- az állomás = the station
- a központ = the center
Hungarian, like English, can use the definite article with both nouns when both are specific.
So the structure is basically:
- the station
- the center’s vicinity
- is
közelében means something like in its vicinity / near it.
In this sentence:
- a központ közelében = near the center
A very useful learner shortcut is to memorize:
- X közelében = near X
So:
- az iskola közelében = near the school
- a ház közelében = near the house
- a központ közelében = near the center
You do not need to fully analyze it every time at first; treating it as a pattern is often easiest.