"the lamp and the apple"

Translation: a lámpa és az alma

[Icanshakeatree]

What's the difference between "ez" and "egy"?

[MrtonPolgr]

ez means "this", "egy" means a/an/one

[repeatinfinite]

"egy" is indefinite, "ez" is definite. For example, you are telling to your friend that you saw a good looking girl yesterday: "Láttam EGY szép lányt tegnap." It's just a girl, you don't know her, your friend also doesn't know. Another example: I saw that girl you were talking about: "Láttam EZT a lányt akiről beszéltél.

[salgado851826]

Alma in portuguese means soul. Just a curiousity

[SteveTP]

A philosopher. In this group? Must be a Hungarian thing.

[mahendrark]

Why not 'az lámpa'?

[repeatinfinite]

When you say 'az', the following word always starts with a vowel. for example: az elnök (the president)

You use "a" when the following word starts with a consonant: a kutya (the dog)

[mdelic99]

why does it mark it wrong if you say "meg" instead of "es" they make the sentence mean the same thing

[MrtonPolgr]

Not wrong but be aware it's clearly less common

[pythagoras322]

You are right, it's correct.

[lindseykonich]

Why is this not " Az lampa es a alma.?"
Just like the example; Az alma es a lany. ---> "The apple and the girl"

[joanna54321]

There's only a z if the next word starts with a vowel. Alma starts with a vowel so the apple = az alma, but lámpa and lány start with a consonant, so the lamp = a lámpa and the girl = a lány. It's like how in English we have a lamp and an apple; just don't get mixed up between egy/a(n) and a(z)/the.

[lindseykonich]

Thank you so much!

[Liggliluff]

Hey, a fairly normal sentence for once in the "basics" :|

[AtifAnsari992787]

Hii

[Rob56679]

This is not a sentence; no verb.

[Natalie300697]

Why "A" lampa and "AZ" alma? What is the different? I'm confused

[bbigblue]

This has been already answered in here, look for joanna54321's comment.