Questions & Answers about Az év jól kezdődik.
Why is it az év and not a év?
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant
- az before a vowel
Since év begins with a vowel, you say az év.
Examples:
- a nap = the day
- az év = the year
This is similar to how English uses a / an, but Hungarian does it with the definite article instead.
What case is év in here?
Év is in the nominative form, meaning it is the subject of the sentence.
So in Az év jól kezdődik, az év is the thing that begins.
There is no extra ending here because the basic subject form in Hungarian usually has no special suffix.
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