Az öltözőben tilos enni.

Eating in the changing room is forbidden.

Breakdown of Az öltözőben tilos enni.

• enni: to eat
• az: the
• tilos: forbidden
• öltöző: a changing room

Questions & Answers about Az öltözőben tilos enni.

What does Az mean here, and why is it az instead of a?

Az is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

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

Since öltözőben starts with the vowel ö, the sentence uses az:

• az öltözőben = in the changing room

This is similar to English a/an, but for the.

What does öltözőben mean exactly?

Öltözőben means in the changing room or in the locker room.

It is built from:

• öltöző = changing room / locker room
• -ben = in

So:

• öltözőben = in the changing room

The base noun öltöző comes from the verb öltözik (to get dressed / to change clothes).

Why does öltöző become öltözőben?

Because Hungarian often expresses location by adding a case ending to the noun instead of using a separate preposition.

Here the ending is:

• -ban / -ben = in

So:

• öltöző = changing room
• öltözőben = in the changing room

This is called the inessive case.