Questions & Answers about A bolhapiac ma nyitva van.
Why does the sentence start with a?
A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.
So:
- a bolhapiac = the flea market
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant
- az before a vowel
For example:
- a bolt = the shop
- az iskola = the school
Because bolhapiac starts with a consonant sound, Hungarian uses a.
What does bolhapiac literally mean?
Bolhapiac is a compound word:
- bolha = flea
- piac = market
So literally it means flea market, just like in English.
Hungarian often forms nouns by combining two existing words into one single word, so bolhapiac is written as one word, not two.
Why is ma in the middle of the sentence?