Questions & Answers about A piknikkosár tele van.
What does a mean, and why is it a instead of az?
A is the definite article, so it means the.
Hungarian has two forms:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Since piknikkosár starts with p, you use a: A piknikkosár.
Why is piknikkosár written as one word?
Because Hungarian commonly writes compound nouns as a single word.
Here it is:
- piknik = picnic
- kosár = basket
So piknikkosár literally combines those into picnic-basket.
Why are there two k letters in piknikkosár?
One k comes from piknik, and the other comes from kosár.
When Hungarian forms a compound, it usually keeps both letters, so:
- piknik
- kosár → piknikkosár
So the double kk is normal spelling here.
What exactly does mean?