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A coverb is a word or prefix that accompanies a verb, thereby modifying it in some way. Hungarian coverbs can indicate the direction, manner, or completion of a verb. Sometimes a coverb can change the meaning of the word completely. In this post we’ll go over some of the common ways coverbs occur in Hungarian
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A verbal complement can be any part of speech and is considered an extension of the verb. Sometimes without it the verb would not make any sense, and other times the verb can stand alone. Consider this an extra detail in Hungarian grammar – it is not necessarily a requirement to understand this topic or
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Quasi-auxiliary verbs are verbs that express possibility and/or necessity. These verbs modify the voice, tense, or mood of another verb. In Hungarian, we have the following quasi-auxiliary verbs: Hungarian English Hungarian English akar to want bír to be able to, to stand/endure fog will (to express future tense) kell must/have to kellene should kezd to
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I’ve already gone over neutral sentences, so now I’ll be talking about focus sentences – sentences with emphasis, as they are structured a little differently. The general setup is the same: topic || focus preverb || verb || X The focus preverb is different from the regular preverb in neutral sentences. In focus preverbs you
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This is personally one of my favorite parts of Hungarian, and I find it really interesting and fun to study. You may have heard that Hungarian doesn’t really have a fixed word order, and that’s somewhat true, but there are in fact some general guidelines one follows when making sentences in Hungarian. Word order depends
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HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)※ Past (Definite & Indefinite) – YOU ARE HERE Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional Tense: UsageSubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)Subjunctive Tense: UsageImperative Tense: Usage The past tense conjugation may seem very complicated at first glance, because there is a bit more to it than the present tense. However, I promise that once
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HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite) ※ Present (Indefinite) – YOU ARE HEREPast (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional Tense: UsageSubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)Subjunctive Tense: UsageImperative Tense: Usage This is only Indefinite Present Conjugation. To see how to conjugate Definite Present Tense please go here. To see how and when to use the Indefinite verb conjugation, please go here.
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As I did previously with definite verbs, here I’ve compiled a list of instances where you would use the indefinite form of a verb in Hungarian. To read the overview of definite vs indefinite conjugation, see the post here. To see how to conjugate indefinite verbs in the present tense, see the post here. a) preceded by
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This post goes into depth about definite verb conjugation and its applications. To read the overview of definite vs indefinite conjugation, see the post here. To see how to conjugate definite verbs in the present tense, see the post here. The simplest application of definite verb conjugation is with definite articles like „a/az” (the), but
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My friend made a handy chart to reference when you should use definite or indefinite conjugation when it comes to pronouns. I tried to tweak it and make it as simple and comprehensive as possible, but don’t hesitate to message if you have any questions! A kind reader pointed out that the text on this
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