"This is a big bank."
Translation:Ez egy nagy bank.
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Adjectives precede the nouns the describe.
This is a big bank. = Ez nagy bank.
de! This bank is big. = Ez a bank nagy. / Nagy ez a bank.
So why does this sentence not have van, but when you are describing yourself (in the other lesson, "I am a writer" - "én iró vagyok"), you need the verb (vagyok)? My understanding was that descriptions didn't need the verb?
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It is only in the third person that the verb gets omitted in descriptions, not in the first or second person.
Ok, i try to describe it to you. It's not so difficult... With your example:
I am a witer = Én író vagyok You are a writer = Te író vagy He/She is a writer = Ő író (no "lenni" needed) (Or "Ő lenni író" but hungarian never use this form)
We are writers = Mi írók vagyunk You are writers = Ti írók vagytok They are writers = Ők írók (same as before)
And the original sentence in a loan translation:
This is a big bank = Ez lenni egy nagy bank (but in this case, you no need "lenni", so the end result is "Ez egy nagy bank").
I hope it is understandable, and i hope i helped you.
because it has 'ez' which is "this is" and 'van' is "i am". The 'van' here is 'ez'.
