Topic: Hungarian

"A fiatal fiúk alacsonyak."

Translation:The young boys are short.

July 8, 2016

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
  • 762

so how come the adjective changes here with alacsonya but not with magyar for example

July 8, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/Shamarth

    I'm not exactly sure what you mean. The adjective gets the plural suffix only if it's after the noun. "A fiúk alacsonyak" (The boys are short), but "az alacsony fiúk" (the short boys). Maybe this is what confused you?

    July 8, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/LICA98
    • 762

    that explains it, thanks

    July 8, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/WinningFields

      How would you say "a little boy/man" or "a small boy/man"?

      July 25, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/iRBiS
        • Egy kisfiú = "A little boy"
        • Egy nagyfiú = "A big boy"
        July 31, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/Dortyol

          A kisfiú meg az oroszlánok

          April 18, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/RyagonIV
          • 210

          A proper translation for 'little' or 'small' is kicsi or kis. So "a small boy" would be "Egy kis fiú".

          July 28, 2016
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