"Ez nagy szálloda."

Translation: This is a big hotel.

[mxgoodfellow]

Would - "ez a nagy szálloda" - mean "this large hotel"?

[Stuttgart3]

Yes, it would.

[AndrewVill17]

could you explain? i keep messing this up

[MrtonPolgr]

"this" as a determiner (aka "this X") is translated as "ez a"/"ez az" where "a/az" is the definite article. And keep in mind "this" and "ez" aren't completely equivalent by meaning either.

[SD-77]

It could also mean "This is the large hotel" in a different context :)

[MomenBadar1]

Why didn't we say "Ez egy nagy szálloda" ?

[Arpad737071]

Yes, you can say it this way, too.

[hwnloh]

'Ez egy' makes more sense.

[Flopmon]

The Hungarian sentence here feels a little off - "Ez egy nagy szálloda" would be a more correct way to say "This is a big hotel".

"Ez a szálloda nagy" would sound nicer as well, but that literally means "This hotel is big".

Either way, "Ez nagy szálloda" doesn't really sound natural in most cases.

[fmk64]

These two sentences

'Ez (egy) nagy szálloda' and 'Ez a szálloda nagy'

are grammatically and semantically not equivalent - considering their predicate.

Fair enough, 'Ez egy nagy szálloda.' sounds a bit better.

[Kathy979841]

Why did it mark me wrong when I put it is a large hotel. Surely it is the same as big?

[AGreatUserName]

Did you type "it" or "this"?

[italikaren]

In my case, it said the correct answer was "it is a big hotel" (it was one of those questions when you put the words in the right order). there was no "this" in the answer.

[l4gu5]

is "this hotel is big" also right?

[Andreas305]

No, that would be:

"Ez a szálloda nagy." OR "Nagy ez a szálloda."

[cIDSyWE0]

I get confused with the "gy" sound ... is it like a "j" sound like job or "g" sound like go... is the y silent?!?! It is said too fast in the audio

[EvanPowell8]

it's actually neither - it's called a palatal stop (or affricate depending on the linguist you're talking to). it's closer to a "d" sound than "j" or "g" but still not quite a "d." Anyway you asked this a month ago so i'm guessing if you've stuck with it you'll have found out by now. As for the "y" being silent, it's because it's actually a digraph, so "gy" is treated as one letter, much like how in English "ch" signifies just one sound, not two.

[cIDSyWE0]

Thank you so much!

[italikaren]

To me, it sounds like the j from job but with added "wind" like adding that "shhh" sound so that is halfway between "gi" (George/job) and the "z" sound (buzz/zoo) with extra air like "shhhh be quiet"
wow did that make any sense?

[MrtonPolgr]

I'm not sure... but an advanced learner could judge this better than a native speaker probably.

[vlexb]

horrible pronunciation

[MrtonPolgr]

hm, really? sounds quite legit to me

[KISSAMOS]

This is a great hotel. this response is refused,why? Thanks for your explaination.