Elültetjük a vetőmagot.

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Breakdown of Elültetjük a vetőmagot.

• vetőmag: a seed for planting
• elültetni: to plant

Questions & Answers about Elültetjük a vetőmagot.

What are the parts of Elültetjük a vetőmagot?

A useful breakdown is:

• el- = a verbal prefix; here it helps give the sense of planting/putting into the ground, often with a sense of completion
• ültet = plant, seat, or literally something like make sit/place
• -jük = we when the verb has a definite object
• a = the
• vetőmagot = seed as the direct object

So structurally it is:

• Elültetjük = we plant it / we will plant it
• a vetőmagot = the seed

Why does the verb end in -jük?

Because Hungarian is using the definite conjugation here.

The object is a vetőmagot = the seed, which is definite because of a (the). When a Hungarian verb has a definite direct object, it often takes a special set of endings.

So:

• ültetünk = we plant / we are planting something indefinite
• ültetjük = we plant it / we plant the ... something definite

That is why the sentence uses Elültetjük, not Elültetünk.

What does the prefix el- do here?