Legfeljebb tíz percig várok.

to wait

Breakdown of Legfeljebb tíz percig várok.

• perc: the minute
• tíz: ten (cardinal number)
• legfeljebb: at most

Questions & Answers about Legfeljebb tíz percig várok.

What does legfeljebb mean exactly?

Legfeljebb means at most, no more than, or up to in the sense of a maximum limit.

So Legfeljebb tíz percig várok means the speaker is setting a limit: they will wait, but not longer than ten minutes.

A useful contrast:

• legfeljebb = at most
• legalább = at least

Why is it tíz perc, not a plural form like tíz percek?

In Hungarian, after a number, the noun is normally singular, not plural.

So:

• tíz perc = ten minutes
• két könyv = two books
• három nap = three days

Then any case ending gets added to that singular noun:

• tíz percig
• három napig

This is very different from English, where the noun becomes plural after most numbers.

What does the ending -ig in percig do?