Az önkéntesek csoportja nagy.

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Breakdown of Az önkéntesek csoportja nagy.

• nagy: large
• önkéntes: a volunteer
• csoport: a group

Questions & Answers about Az önkéntesek csoportja nagy.

Why does the sentence start with Az and not A?

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

The next word is önkéntesek, which begins with the vowel ö, so Hungarian uses az:

• az önkéntesek = the volunteers

This is similar to how English uses a / an, but Hungarian does it with the definite article instead.

What does önkéntesek mean, and what is the singular form?

Önkéntesek means volunteers.

Its singular form is:

• önkéntes = volunteer

The ending -ek is a plural ending here:

• önkéntes → önkéntesek

Hungarian has several plural endings depending on vowel harmony and word shape, and -ek is the one used for this word.

Why is it csoportja and not just csoport?