"A ház magas."

Translation: The house is tall.

[MitosisByProxy]

Why not 'the tall house'?

[ataltane]

I believe that would be 'a magas ház'

[mbgreen11]

Yes, please answer this one: I thought it would be like ilyen magas. I am having a hard time knowing when the verb is implied or simply not there. Is there a pattern?

[TseDanylo]

Don't adjectives precede nouns in Hungarian? I don't know, but I think they do.

[jzsuzsi]

Adjectives always precede nouns. If not, then the sentence has a different meaning. Here, a dropped "van" is hiding. A ház magas. *A ház (van) magas. The house is high/tall.

[kohlbeci]

Én magas vagyok.
Te magas vagy.
A ház magas (van).

[Rashad89]

Can't it be translated as "The house is big"?

[Stuttgart3]

No, big means nagy.

[Rashad89]

Thank you!

[john546232]

Can we also use magas in that way to say a child grew up? A gyerek magas. ? Like now he is tall

[jzsuzsi]

Yes. A gyerek magas. = The child is tall.

[Ola.Saky]

Would you actually say in english that a house is tall instead big?