Egészen a kikötőig evezünk.

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Breakdown of Egészen a kikötőig evezünk.

• kikötő: a harbour or docking place
• evezni: to paddle or row
• egészen: quite or all the way

Questions & Answers about Egészen a kikötőig evezünk.

What does egészen add to the sentence?

Egészen adds emphasis and means something like all the way, right up to, or completely up to in this sentence.

So:

• A kikötőig evezünk = We row to the harbor
• Egészen a kikötőig evezünk = We row all the way to the harbor

It makes the endpoint sound more definite or more emphatic.

Why is there an a before kikötőig?

The a is the definite article, meaning the.

• a kikötőig = to the harbor / as far as the harbor

Even though -ig is attached to kikötő, the article still stays separate in front of the noun:

• a városig = to the city
• az állomásig = to the station

So Hungarian often uses:

• article + noun + case ending

rather than putting everything into one separate word like English does.

What does the ending -ig mean?

The suffix -ig means up to, until, as far as.

In this sentence:

• kikötőig = as far as the harbor

It can be used with both places and time:

• Budapestig = as far as Budapest
• hat óráig = until six o’clock

So here it marks the endpoint of the rowing.