Feltéve, hogy van időd, megbízlak a felügyelettel.

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Breakdown of Feltéve, hogy van időd, megbízlak a felügyelettel.

• az: the
• idő: the time
• felügyelet: supervision

Questions & Answers about Feltéve, hogy van időd, megbízlak a felügyelettel.

What does Feltéve, hogy do at the beginning of the sentence?

It introduces a condition, similar to provided that, assuming that, or on the condition that in English.

So Feltéve, hogy van időd... sets up the condition under which the main action will happen.

A learner should think of Feltéve, hogy as a fairly fixed expression, not as two separately chosen words each time.

Why is hogy used after Feltéve?

Because feltéve, hogy is the normal fixed pattern.

In this expression, hogy introduces the subordinate clause: van időd. English learners often want to analyze it word by word, but it is better to learn feltéve, hogy as one unit meaning something like provided that.

What exactly is időd?

Időd means your time.

It is made from:

• idő = time
• -d = your (2nd person singular possessive suffix)

So:

• időm = my time
• időd = your time
• ideje = his/her/its time

In Hungarian, possession is usually shown with a suffix on the noun rather than with a separate word like your.

Why does Hungarian say van időd instead of something more literal like you have time?