Breakdown of A kölcsönzési határidő ma lejár.
ma
today
az
the
kölcsönzési határidő
a library-loan deadline
lejárni
to expire or reach its deadline
Questions & Answers about A kölcsönzési határidő ma lejár.
What does A mean at the beginning?
A is the definite article, so it means the.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant
- az before a vowel
Since kölcsönzési starts with a consonant sound, the sentence uses a.
What does kölcsönzési határidő mean as a whole?
It means something like borrowing due date, loan deadline, or simply due date in context.
You can break it down like this:
- kölcsönzés = borrowing, loaning
- kölcsönzési = related to borrowing
- határidő = deadline, due date
So the whole phrase is a noun phrase meaning the borrowing-related deadline.
Why is it kölcsönzési and not kölcsönzés?