A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy nézzek utána a hangoskönyvnek a katalógusban.

It has two main parts:

• A könyvtáros azt javasolja = The librarian suggests
• hogy nézzek utána a hangoskönyvnek a katalógusban = that I look up / check on the audiobook in the catalog

So the pattern is:

[main clause] + hogy + [subordinate clause]

This is a very common Hungarian structure after verbs like say, think, suggest, want, ask, etc.

Azt is a forward-pointing object pronoun. It points ahead to the whole hogy... clause.

So literally, Hungarian is doing something like:

• The librarian suggests that thing: that I look it up...

In natural English, we usually do not translate azt separately here. It just helps link javasolja to the following clause.

You see the same pattern in sentences like:

• Azt mondja, hogy... = He/she says that...
• Azt hiszem, hogy... = I think that...

In speech, azt can sometimes be omitted, but with this kind of sentence it is very common and natural.

Because Hungarian has definite and indefinite verb conjugation.

Here, the verb has the definite object azt, so it uses the definite form:

• javasol = he/she suggests something
• javasolja = he/she suggests it / that specific thing

Since the sentence contains azt, javasolja is the expected form.

Hogy introduces the subordinate clause, and here it means that:

• Azt javasolja, hogy... = He/she suggests that...

In English, that is often optional:

• The librarian suggests that I look it up
• The librarian suggests I look it up

In Hungarian, hogy is much more regular in this kind of sentence.

Because after a verb of suggestion, Hungarian uses the imperative/subjunctive form in the subordinate clause.

So after javasolja, hogy..., you get:

• nézzek = that I look / that I should look

This is the first person singular form, so the sentence already tells you the subject is I. That is why Hungarian does not need én here.

Compare:

• Azt javasolja, hogy menjek. = He/she suggests that I go.
• Azt javasolja, hogy várjak. = He/she suggests that I wait.

It is not very literal. The dictionary verb is utánanéz valaminek, which means:

• to look something up
• to check up on something
• to investigate something

So nézzek utána means that I should look it up / check into it.

Even though utána by itself can mean things like after it / afterwards in other contexts, here it is part of the fixed verb utánanéz.

Because utána is a verbal particle/prefix-like element, and in Hungarian these often get separated from the verb in certain sentence types.

The dictionary form is:

• utánanéz

But in a form like this, Hungarian commonly has:

• nézzek utána

So learners should think of the whole unit as one meaning:

• utánanéz valaminek = look up / check into something

A useful comparison:

• Utánanézek a dolognak. = I’ll look into the matter.
• Azt javasolja, hogy nézzek utána a dolognak. = He/she suggests that I look into the matter.

Because utánanéz does not take a direct object in the accusative. It takes a dative complement:

• valaminek utánanéz = look into something

So:

• a hangoskönyvnek = the audiobook in the dative case

This is just how the verb works. In Hungarian, many verbs require a specific case, and you simply learn them together with that case.

Also notice that the definite article stays:

• a hangoskönyv
• a hangoskönyvnek

Hungarian adds the case ending to the noun, not to the article.

Because definite conjugation depends on having a direct object, not just any definite noun phrase.

Here, a hangoskönyvnek is in the dative, not the accusative. It is not a direct object.

So the verb stays in the indefinite form:

• nézzek

If there were a direct definite object, then a form like nézzem could appear. But not with utánanéz, because that verb does not work that way.

This is a very common point of confusion for learners, so it is good to notice it.

A katalógusban means in the catalog.

The suffix -ban/-ben means in.

Hungarian chooses between -ban and -ben by vowel harmony:

• back-vowel word -> -ban
• front-vowel word -> -ben

Since katalógus has back vowels, it becomes:

• katalógusban

Again, the article stays separate:

• a katalógusban = in the catalog

Yes. Hungarian word order is more flexible than English word order, and it often reflects focus and emphasis.

The given version is natural and neutral:

• A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy nézzek utána a hangoskönyvnek a katalógusban.

But you could also say:

• A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy a katalógusban nézzek utána a hangoskönyvnek.

This puts more attention on where I should look.

Or:

• A könyvtáros azt javasolja, hogy a hangoskönyvnek nézzek utána a katalógusban.

This puts more attention on what I should look up.

So the basic meaning stays similar, but the information focus changes.