Breakdown of Eltereljük az ünnepeltet, ugyanis készítjük a születésnapi tortát.
az
the
készíteni
to make
ünnepelt
the guest of honour
születésnapi torta
a birthday cake
Questions & Answers about Eltereljük az ünnepeltet, ugyanis készítjük a születésnapi tortát.
What does ünnepelt mean exactly?
Ünnepelt literally means the person being celebrated. In context, it often means the birthday person, the guest of honor, or the person whose celebration it is.
It comes from the verb ünnepel, meaning to celebrate.
So az ünnepeltet is not just any person, but specifically the one everyone is celebrating.
Why is it az ünnepeltet and not just ünnepelt?
Because ünnepeltet is the direct object of the verb eltereljük.
Hungarian usually marks a direct object with -t:
- ünnepelt = the celebrated person
- ünnepeltet = the celebrated person as an object
The article az means the, and Hungarian uses az before words beginning with a vowel.
So:
- az ünnepelt = the celebrated person
- az ünnepeltet = the celebrated person, as the thing/person being acted on
Why is there no separate word for we in the sentence?