"Az egy ablak."
Translation:That is a window.
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I am confused by the word "az" If you want to say "That is the apple"? Would you say "Az az almat (van)"? or would one "az" fall out?
You would need both of them. Az az alma. - That is the apple.
There are really two different words:
- The demonstrative az which means "that" (and always has its z), and
- The definite article a(z) which means "the" and appears as az before a vowel and a before a consonant.
What if you want to say "That is that apple"? Would you have to say "Az az az alma"?
Yes, "That is that apple" would be "Az az az alma." :)
Luckily, it does not come up often in a conversation.
If you let one az "fall out", as you say, and write "Az alma." as a sentence, then that means "That is an apple" or possibly "That is a bunch of apples." Without any article in front of it, alma could mean an apple or a mass quantity of apples.
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Did the sentence change? I see ablak, not alma.
Anyway, "the one apple" could be translated as "az egyik alma".
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Giorgos, the Hungarian letter 'gy' is pronounced as something between 'd' and 'g'. Instead of pressing the tip of your tongue (for 'd') or the base of your tongue (for 'g') against your palate, you'll use the middle of your tongue for 'gy'. The IPA uses the symbol [ɟ] to represent that sound, if you want to look it up.
It is hidden/omitted. Happens all the time in "That is a [thing]" sentences.
Longer explanation here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16545319
