Breakdown of A kezelés a röntgenfelvétel után kezdődik.
az
the
után
after
kezdődni
to start
röntgenfelvétel
an X-ray image
Questions & Answers about A kezelés a röntgenfelvétel után kezdődik.
Why are there two a words in A kezelés a röntgenfelvétel után kezdődik?
Both a words are the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.
- a kezelés = the treatment
- a röntgenfelvétel után = after the X-ray image / after the X-ray
Hungarian uses the definite article more regularly than English in some contexts, so seeing a twice in one sentence is completely normal.
What does után mean, and how does it work here?
után means after.
In this sentence:
- a röntgenfelvétel után = after the X-ray image / after the X-ray
Unlike English after, Hungarian után comes after the noun phrase it belongs to. So instead of saying after the X-ray, Hungarian literally says something like the X-ray after.
This is very common in Hungarian: many meanings that English expresses with prepositions are expressed with postpositions in Hungarian.
Why is it kezdődik and not kezd?