"The English woman is beautiful."
Translation:Az angol nő szép.
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It's because of the third person singular. If you use van, it expresses physical location, like: the English woman is at the bus stop = Az angol nő a buszmegállóban van. Omitting van expresses not physical location, but quality, like in this sentence, where the quality is beautiful (szép).
Thanks I have been repeating this mistake in other similar sentences with no clear explanation as to why it was incorrect. This makes so much sense now!
In Hungarian not only a verb can be the statement in a sentence but pronouns can take this role as well. It is called névszói állítmány. So the statement in this sentence is the word "szép*. And after this you don't need any further verbs.This behavior can be seen in third person singular/plural sentences (as Nitram wrote it above). I think Russian language works the same way - in this respect.
- Ez a nő szép.
- Ezek a nők szépek.
Oh, yes, Hungarian adjectives can have plural form just like in Italian. But at least they don't have gender.
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What is the difference between gyönyörű and szep? Other than gyönyörű is harder to spell.
szép: pretty, nice, handsome, good, fine, beautiful
gyönyörű: beautiful, splendid, magnificent, exquisite, gorgeous, lovely
I am a little bit confused..there was a sentence The doctor is alone and the correct translation was Az orvos egyedül VAN..without van it was incorrect..why can be van now omitted?
