Topic: Hungarian

"A ház magas."

Translation:The house is tall.

July 6, 2016

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MitosisByProxy

    Why not 'the tall house'?

    September 13, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/ataltane
    • 21

    I believe that would be 'a magas ház'

    July 3, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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?

      September 29, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/TseDanylo

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

        December 17, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jzsuzsi
        • 381

        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.

        December 14, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rashad89

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

          July 6, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Stuttgart3

            No, big means nagy.

            July 6, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Rashad89

              Thank you!

              July 6, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/john546232

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

                November 30, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jzsuzsi
                • 381

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

                March 24, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Ola.Saky

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

                  February 25, 2019
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