A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy kérjem ki a kézikönyvet a könyvraktárból.

Azt is a forward-pointing object pronoun. It refers to the whole clause that comes next: hogy kérjem ki a kézikönyvet a könyvraktárból.

So the structure is:

azt javasolja, hogy... = suggests that...

Hungarian often does this with verbs like mondja, gondolja, hiszi, javasolja. In English we usually do not need an extra word like azt, but in Hungarian it is very natural.

You may also hear A könyvtáros javasolja, hogy..., but azt javasolja is very common and idiomatic.

Javasolja is the 3rd person singular present definite form of javasol.

• javasol = he/she suggests something, in an indefinite sense
• javasolja = he/she suggests it / suggests a specific thing

Here the verb is definite because its object is azt, which is definite.

So:

• A könyvtáros javasol valamit. = The librarian suggests something.
• A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy... = The librarian suggests that...

Because after a verb like javasol, Hungarian normally uses hogy + imperative/subjunctive form to express that someone should do something.

So:

• kérem = I request / I am requesting
• kérjem = that I request / that I should request

In Hungarian grammar, kérjem is formally an imperative form, but in a sentence like this it functions like a subjunctive in English.

So:

Azt javasolja, hogy kérjem...
means roughly: He/she suggests that I should request...

Kérjem is the 1st person singular definite imperative/subjunctive form of kér or kérni.

Breakdown:

• kér- = ask, request
• -jem = 1st person singular imperative/subjunctive, definite conjugation

So kérjem means that I ask/request it or that I should ask/request it.

A useful comparison:

• kérjek = that I ask/request something indefinite
• kérjem = that I ask/request something definite

Because the sentence has a kézikönyvet, a definite object, kérjem is the correct form.

Because Hungarian usually drops subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows the person clearly.

Here kérjem already tells you the subject is I.

So Hungarian does not need én unless you want extra emphasis or contrast:

• hogy kérjem ki... = that I should request...
• hogy én kérjem ki... = that I should request it, not someone else

This is very normal in Hungarian.

Because ki is a verbal prefix, and Hungarian verbal prefixes can move.

The basic verb is kikér = request out, ask for, request from storage. But in actual sentences, especially with imperative/subjunctive forms after hogy, the prefix often appears after the verb:

• hogy kérjem ki
• hogy kikérjem

Both can be possible, but kérjem ki is very natural here.

So ki is not a separate preposition. It still belongs to the verb.

In this context, kikérni means something like:

• request
• ask for
• request to be brought out

It is especially natural for things kept in storage, archives, or closed stacks.

The prefix ki- adds the idea of out. So in a library context, kikérni a kézikönyvet a könyvraktárból suggests asking for the handbook to be brought out from the storage area.

So this is more specific than plain kérni.

No. They do different jobs.

• ki is part of the verb kikér
• -ból in könyvraktárból marks the source: from inside, out of

So the sentence is not repeating the same grammar point for no reason. Rather:

• kikérni tells you the action is requesting something out
• a könyvraktárból tells you where it is being brought from

That combination is completely natural.

Kézikönyvet is the accusative form of kézikönyv, because it is the direct object of the verb.

• kézikönyv = handbook, manual, reference book
• kézikönyvet = handbook/reference book as the object

The -t is the accusative ending.

The article a shows that this is a specific handbook, not just any handbook.

So:

• egy kézikönyvet = a handbook
• a kézikönyvet = the handbook

Because Hungarian verbs change depending on whether their object is definite or indefinite.

In this sentence:

1. javasolja is definite because its object is azt
2. kérjem is definite because its object is a kézikönyvet

Compare:

• javasol valamit = suggests something
• azt javasolja = suggests that / suggests it

and

• kérjek egy könyvet = that I ask for a book
• kérjem a kézikönyvet = that I ask for the handbook

This definite/indefinite distinction is one of the big grammar features English speakers need to get used to in Hungarian.

It is built from:

• könyv = book
• raktár = storage room, storehouse, depot
• -ból = out of, from inside

So könyvraktárból means from the book storage, from the stacks, or from the storage room.

This is not the same as könyvtárból:

• könyvtár = library
• könyvraktár = book storage area inside a library or similar institution

So the sentence is specifically talking about getting the book from storage, not just from the library in general.

No. Hungarian nouns do not have grammatical gender, and könyvtáros can refer to a male or female librarian.

So A könyvtáros... can mean:

• the male librarian
• the female librarian

You only know from context, or if the speaker adds extra information.

This is normal throughout Hungarian: verbs and adjectives do not change for gender the way they do in many Indo-European languages.

Because after verbs like javasol, Hungarian very often uses hogy + imperative/subjunctive to express that someone should do something.

That is especially natural when the subject of the main clause and the subject of the action are different:

• main clause subject: a könyvtáros
• subordinate clause subject: I = shown by kérjem

So A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy kérjem ki... is a very natural structure.

A more compact alternative does exist, for example:

A könyvtáros a kézikönyv kikérését javasolja.

But that sounds more formal and noun-heavy. The original sentence is very normal and straightforward.