Lassan evezünk a part mellett.

slowly

Breakdown of Lassan evezünk a part mellett.

• az: the
• mellett: by
• part: the shore or bank of water

Questions & Answers about Lassan evezünk a part mellett.

What does lassan mean, and why is it at the beginning of the sentence?

Lassan means slowly. It is an adverb, so it describes how the action happens.

It appears at the beginning because Hungarian word order is flexible, and the first part of the sentence often gets emphasis. So:

• Lassan evezünk a part mellett. = We’re rowing slowly along the shore.

Starting with lassan highlights the manner of the action: the important idea is that the rowing is slow.

What does evezünk mean exactly?

Evezünk comes from the verb evezni, meaning to row.

The ending -ünk shows:

• 1st person plural = we

So evezünk means:

• we row
• we are rowing

Hungarian present tense often covers both the simple present and the present continuous, depending on context.

Why isn’t there a separate word for we in the sentence?