"Ez nagy szálloda."

Translation: This is a big hotel.

[jumpthewalls]

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.

[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"?

[Kathy979841]

Ok I do not remember now what I put but I will remember ez means location in the future. Thanks these comments by other learners are so helpful.

[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.

[alec013]

horrible pronunciation

[MrtonPolgr]

hm, really? sounds quite legit to me

[Kissamouss]

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