Questions & Answers about A fúrás reggel kezdődött.
What does a mean here?
A is the definite article in Hungarian, equivalent to the in English.
So:
- a fúrás = the drilling
Hungarian has two written forms of the definite article:
- a before most consonants
- az before vowels
For example:
- a ház = the house
- az iskola = the school
What is fúrás exactly?
Fúrás is a noun meaning drilling or the act/process of drilling.
It comes from the verb fúr, meaning to drill.
The suffix -ás / -és often turns a verb into a noun that names the action:
- fúr = to drill
- fúrás = drilling
This is very common in Hungarian:
- olvas = to read → olvasás = reading
- ír = to write → írás = writing
So a fúrás is not a finite verb. It is a noun phrase: the drilling.
Why is reggel translated as in the morning even though there is no preposition?