"What is that?"

Translation: Mi az?

[Szaty]

What's the difference between 'az' and 'ez'?

[Djenthallman]

• Az — that

• Ez — this

[hatcher]

There's also a tendency for English speakers to say "that" when a Hungarian would say "this", so translating it literally may sound off in Hungarian.

[vvsey]

and vice versa. English "who is this?" in the telephone translates to "ki az?" in Hungarian.

[ericashelton]

Wait I thought az meant the. Help!

[Simon_S.]

Az means 'the' before vowels as well, though normally 'the' is just a

[trouvere.oublie]

Why "mi az" but "ez mi"? Or there can be "az mi" and "mi ez" as well?

[Domtschi]

all of these are right.

[unchary]

I keep thinking mi=my because of Spanish, yikes

[Zinthak]

Somethings wrong...the first time I started this lesson, it told me to translate window, then chair...2 words it did NOT teach me at all before. Is it supposed to do that? I had to skip the first 2 since I didn't know window and chair.

[unchary]

Mi versus mit?