Breakdown of A meglepetésbuli márciusban lesz.
lenni
to be
az
the
meglepetésbuli
a surprise party
március
March
Questions & Answers about A meglepetésbuli márciusban lesz.
What does a mean at the beginning of the sentence?
A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.
So A meglepetésbuli means the surprise party.
A few useful things to know:
- Hungarian has no grammatical gender, so a does not mean the in a masculine/feminine/neuter sense. It is just the.
- The form a is used before consonant sounds.
- The form az is used before vowel sounds.
For example:
- a buli = the party
- az asztal = the table
Why is meglepetésbuli written as one word?
Because it is a compound noun.
Hungarian very often joins nouns into a single word where English would often use two words. Here:
- meglepetés = surprise
- buli = party
Together, meglepetésbuli means surprise party.
This is very normal in Hungarian. Compound words are extremely common.
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