Questions & Answers about Lassan kortyolom a hideg limonádét.
Hungarian usually leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear.
In kortyolom, the ending -om shows that the subject is I and that the verb is in the definite conjugation. So én is not needed.
You could say Én lassan kortyolom a hideg limonádét, but that would add emphasis, something like I am the one sipping the cold lemonade slowly.
Because Hungarian has two main verb conjugations:
You use the definite conjugation when the object is specific or definite, and here the object is a hideg limonádét = the cold lemonade.
So:
- kortyolok = I sip / I am sipping something non-specific
- kortyolom = I sip / I am sipping it / the specific one
Since the sentence has a definite object, kortyolom is the correct form.
The dictionary form is kortyol.
That is the third person singular form, which is how Hungarian dictionaries normally list verbs.
So the forms are like this:
- kortyol = he/she sips
- kortyolok = I sip, with no definite object
- kortyolom = I sip it / I sip the specific thing