Questions & Answers about Az öntözőkanna tele van.
Why is the article az and not a?
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Because öntözőkanna starts with ö, which is a vowel, the correct form is az öntözőkanna.
Compare:
- a ház = the house
- az alma = the apple
What does öntözőkanna literally consist of?
Öntözőkanna is a compound noun, and Hungarian very often writes compounds as one word.
It breaks down roughly like this:
- öntöz = to water, irrigate
- öntöző = watering / used for watering
- kanna = can, jug
So öntözőkanna is literally something like watering-can.
This is very normal in Hungarian: instead of using two separate words as English often does, Hungarian frequently combines them into one.
Why is öntözőkanna written as one word?