"ami nagy és nehéz"

Translation: that is big and heavy

[gremedios]

Can't "nehéz" be translated here as "difficult" or "hard'?

[pythagoras322]

yes, it can.

[Andrew359786]

So nehéz functions like the German schwer?

[mizinamo]

Or Slovak ťažký :)

[SedatKlc]

what is the difference between ami and az?

[StevenMans2]

I think this is meant to be a clause, but a complete sentence - "The book that is big and heavy is on the table" but it's true, this item is very awkward.

[SedatKlc]

yes i think you are right. this is a clause, incomplete sentence.

[StevenMans2]

I've reported all such entries, as frankly they are a bad way to teach these things as they are not inherently obvious as to which they should be. One capitol letter and it's a sentence in and of itself, and thus they are easy to overlook. They should turn these into complete sentences to teach the grammatical item in question.

[ButFirstCoffee]

I put “that which is big and heavy” and it was marked wrong. What am I missing? I thought ami was “that which is...” or “the thing that is” and Aki is the person which is or person that is

[RyagonIV]

Well, you're not far off. But ami and aki are just the "which/what/who" part. It's just a sentence fragment here.

For "that which is big and heavy" you'd say "az, ami nagy és nehéz". Az being "that".

[Emma573749]

I did the same but once I read the Tips they offer for the unit I understood that these examples are just dependent clauses focused on ‘ami’ for objects and ‘ski’ for people

[Icreatedyou]

Can ami be replaced by hogy?

[StevenMans2]

Not in this context.

[conrad.duj]

Using large (rather than big) should be accepted as an accurate translation no?

[StevenMans2]

Yup, if it didn't accept it, report it.

[fischerfs]

Is 'ami' used when 'that' isn't specified? Eg. 'that' on its own would be 'ami' but 'that [object]' would be 'az a(z) [object]'?

[RyagonIV]

Ami is a relative pronoun which starts a relative clause. This task here is just a fragment of a sentence, like "Tartom, ami nagy és nehéz." - "I hold (the thing) that is big and heavy." Ami is related to mi - what.

A full sentence of "That (thing) is big and heavy." would translate to "Az nagy és nehéz". On the other hand, "Az a nagy és néhez" would translate to "That big and heavy thing" or "That is the big and heavy thing."

The lack of a verb makes these things a bit ... nehéz to figure out. :´)

[fischerfs]

Yeah, I get it now, I'm a bit further ahead than where I was when I posted that so I know what it's used for. Thanks!

[RyagonIV]

Ah, I'm happy that you're learning, then. :)

[Marie-Line228804]

What is the différences beetween ami and aki please.I'm lost...

[RyagonIV]

Ami is related to the question word mi - what. As such it is a relative pronoun that refers to a general object and can also be translated as "what" or "that". A daru mindent emel, ami nagy és nehéz - The crane lifts everything that is big and heavy.

Aki is related to the question word ki - who. It's a relative pronoun that refers to people, usually also translated as "who". Azt a gyereket tartom, aki nagy és nehéz. - I am carrying the child who is big and heavy.

[kos479137]

Wouldn't that be more apropriately translated as "that which is big and heavy"?

[wellhungarian]

I feel like a better translation would be "that which is big and heavy"