Questions & Answers about A tanú neve itt van.
What does each word in A tanú neve itt van. do?
- A = the
- tanú = witness
- neve = his/her/its name or, in this phrase, the witness's name
- itt = here
- van = is
So the sentence is built as:
A tanú neve + itt van
= The witness's name + is here
Why is it neve and not just név?
Because Hungarian shows possession on the thing possessed, not with an apostrophe like English.
- név = name
- neve = his/her/its name
In a tanú neve, the possessed thing is name, so Hungarian adds a possessive ending to név.
Also, név changes its stem before endings:
- név
- nev-em = my name
- nev-ed = your name
- nev-e = his/her name
So neve is the correct possessive form.
How does a tanú neve mean the witness's name?