Nyomon követem a küldeményt.

Hungarian often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, követem means:

• követ- = the verb stem
• -em = I with a definite object

So Nyomon követem a küldeményt already includes the idea of I am tracking the shipment.

You can add én if you want emphasis:

• Én nyomon követem a küldeményt. = I am tracking the shipment.

The dictionary form is követni, which means to follow.

Hungarian dictionaries usually list verbs in the infinitive, so if you want to look up követem, search for követni.

Related forms:

• követni = to follow
• követ = he/she follows, or the bare present stem form you often see in grammar explanations
• követem = I follow it / I am following it

Because Hungarian has two kinds of verb conjugation: indefinite and definite.

You use the definite conjugation when the verb has a specific, definite object. In this sentence, the object is a küldeményt = the shipment, so it is definite.

That is why you get:

• követem = I follow/track it / the specific thing

Compare:

• Követek egy küldeményt. = I am tracking a shipment.
• Követem a küldeményt. = I am tracking the shipment.

This is one of the most important grammar patterns in Hungarian.

The -t marks the accusative case, which is the case used for a direct object.

Base form:

• küldemény = shipment, parcel, consignment

Direct object form:

• küldeményt = shipment, parcel, consignment as the thing being tracked

So in this sentence, a küldeményt is the object of követem.

a is the definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since küldemény begins with k, a consonant, you use a:

• a küldeményt

Compare:

• az autót = the car
• a csomagot = the package

Nyomon comes from nyom, which can mean trace, track, or footprint, plus the ending -on, which is a case ending.

Literally, nyomon követ is something like:

• follow on the trace
• follow by trace

But in natural English, it means:

• track
• keep track of
• monitor the progress/status of

So nyomon is part of a fixed expression, not a separate word you would usually translate word-for-word in this sentence.

Grammatically, yes, but the meaning changes a bit.

• nyomon követem a küldeményt is the normal way to say I am tracking the shipment, especially in the sense of checking its status or progress.
• követem a küldeményt by itself sounds more like I follow the shipment, which can be vaguer or less idiomatic for shipment tracking.

So if you mean tracking a package in the delivery-status sense, nyomon követ is the best expression.

It is written as two words, but it functions as a fixed expression.

• követ is the verb
• nyomon is an adverbial element that belongs closely with it

So learners often treat nyomon követ as a single vocabulary item meaning to track / to keep track of.

This is similar to how English has multi-word verbs or fixed combinations.

Yes. Even though it is a fixed expression, the two parts do not always have to stay next to each other.

In a neutral sentence:

• Nyomon követem a küldeményt.

With negation:

• Nem követem nyomon a küldeményt. = I am not tracking the shipment.

With focus on the object:

• A küldeményt követem nyomon. = It is the shipment that I am tracking.

So you should learn it as one expression, but also know that Hungarian word order can separate its parts.

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible and often shows focus, emphasis, or contrast, not just grammatical function.

The original sentence:

• Nyomon követem a küldeményt.

This is a neutral way to say it.

Other possible orders:

• A küldeményt nyomon követem. = The shipment, I am tracking it.
• A küldeményt követem nyomon. = It is the shipment that I am tracking.
• Én követem nyomon a küldeményt. = I am the one tracking the shipment.

So the original order is natural, but not the only possible one.

It is present tense.

In Hungarian, the present tense often covers both:

• I track
• I am tracking

The exact English translation depends on context.

So Nyomon követem a küldeményt can mean:

• I am tracking the shipment
• I track the shipment

In most real-life situations, especially with delivery status, English would usually say I am tracking the shipment.

A few useful pronunciation points:

• ny sounds like the ny in canyon
• ö is a rounded vowel, similar to German ö
• ü is similar to German ü
• é is a long vowel; it shows vowel length, not stress

Stress in Hungarian is always on the first syllable of each word:

• NYO-mon
• KÖ-ve-tem
• a
• KÜL-de-ményt

So the sentence is stressed roughly like this:

• NYO-mon KÖ-ve-tem a KÜL-de-ményt

The final ny in küldeményt is the same soft ny sound as before.