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  • Hungarian Sentence Elements and Word Order: Quasi-Auxiliary Verbs

    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…

  • Hungarian Sentence Elements & Word Order: Focus Sentences

    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…

  • Hungarian Sentence Elements & Word Order: Neutral Sentences

    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…