Breakdown of A meglepetésbuli decemberben lesz.
lenni
to be
az
the
meglepetésbuli
a surprise party
december
December
Questions & Answers about A meglepetésbuli decemberben lesz.
Why does the sentence start with A?
A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.
So A meglepetésbuli means the surprise party.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before most consonant sounds
- az before vowel sounds
Here, meglepetésbuli starts with m, so the correct form is a.
What does meglepetésbuli look like grammatically? Is it one word?
Yes, it is one word, and it is a compound noun.
It is made of:
- meglepetés = surprise
- buli = party
So meglepetésbuli literally means surprise-party.
Hungarian very often combines words into one compound where English would use two separate words.
Why is it decemberben and not just december?
Because Hungarian usually adds a case ending instead of using a separate preposition like in.
The ending -ban / -ben means in.
So:
- december = December
- decemberben = in December
This is very typical in Hungarian. Instead of a separate word for in, the language often adds the meaning directly to the noun.
Why is the ending -ben and not ?