"Ez egy nedves esernyő."

Translation: This is a wet umbrella.

[Arcaeca]

This would make a good tongue-twister.

[Dareich]

That's not saying much, considering it's Hungarian.

[tothcila]

Ezennel megkegyelmezek nektek, elmehettek.

[NeilTrussl]

I'm thinking "nedves" is "damp" (or in other settings "moist")

[williamnw]

I agree, "vizes" would be "wet"

[becka785466]

Would the translation "this umbrella is wet" work here as well?

[Dareich]

I do not believe "this umbrella is wet" would work here, because the grammatical structure is different from "this is a wet umbrella".

In the first one, “umbrella” acts, by being “wet”.

In the second one, “this” is the one acting, by being “a wet umbrella”. Here, “wet” is merely an adnominal modifying “umbrella”.

It may sound like a silly difference, but in Hungarian, it makes all the difference when dealing with plurals. Adnominals do not agree with the noun, but adjectives do.

So, whereas on “Ezek a nedves esernyők”, “nedves” is singular, on “Ezek esernyők nedvesek”, it is forced to agree with “esernyők”.

[MrtonPolgr]

Almost there, I think you meant "Ezek nedves esernyők" and "Ezek az esernyők nedvesek".

[Judit294350]

"this umbrella" would be "ez az esernyő".

[mizinamo]

I'd say that's something different from "This is a wet umbrella."

[BenjaminVa209945]

I would say viszes

[MrtonPolgr]

Vizes. So many spellings floating around, I thought why not add the right one as well.

[-BigWayne19-]

------ no long i', eh ? i'll edit my other post . . .

Big 4 aug 20

[MrtonPolgr]

Nope, not in this word.

[-BigWayne19-]

-------- if you mean "vizes ", watery is not an adjective i'd use for things . watery, in english, usually describes drinks that have been diluted or fluid mixtures that are thinner than they should be . . .

Big 9 jan 20

[Judit294350]

It can also mean wet or damp.

[JereArmen]

Elsewhere we use "vizes" for "wet" ("Az újságok vizesek"). What is the difference between "vizes" and "nedves"?

[jzsuzsi]

I agree, "Ez egy vizes esernyő." would be better.

vizes - really wet

nedves - just a little bit wet, moist

So, it you see the drops of water on it, it is vizes. If - hmm, looks a bit wet, let's touch it - nedves.

[JereArmen]

Thank you!