Topic: Hungarian

"Ez az a busz."

Translation:This is that bus.

July 2, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/DillonReyn

    Can someone break this down for me?

    July 2, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/hatcher

      Shouldn't it just be "this is the bus" in English?

      July 2, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/wxfrog
      • 1004

      Yes. "This is that bus" makes very little sense in English.

      April 26, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Rodinia
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      • 12

      I can see a VERY limited context. A school bus driver is called to sub for someone who's sick, and realizes too late it's the one with all the rowdy kids... "Oh, this is THAT bus." But yeah. Other than that, I wouldn't ever use it.

      May 10, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/mothwatcher

        "Ez" = "this," "az a busz" is literally "that the bus" but means "that bus." The "is" ("van") is omitted in equational sentences like this.

        July 2, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/mothwatcher

          That would be "Ez a busz."

          July 2, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/JazzKatua

            to make things more confusing... DuoLOLingo

            August 18, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/AlexPhisique
            • 53

            That is a bus must be right. Strange translation

            January 11, 2019
            https://www.duolingo.com/Raphi_K
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              Yes, but if this is the bus you were talking of earlier, than "this is the bus" would be the matching expression in English. Direct translations aren't always the best. They become unnatural in English for what they are expressing.

              October 15, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/Raphi_K
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                Still no correction to the English translation?

                August 1, 2018
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