Átültetjük a rozmaringot, mert hosszú a gyökere.

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Breakdown of Átültetjük a rozmaringot, mert hosszú a gyökere.

• mert: because
• hosszú: long
• rozmaring: rosemary

Questions & Answers about Átültetjük a rozmaringot, mert hosszú a gyökere.

What does átültetjük mean exactly, and how is it built?

Átültetjük means we transplant it / we are transplanting it / we will transplant it, depending on context.

It can be broken down like this:

• át- = over, across
• ültet = plant, set, make something sit; with plants, it can mean to plant
• -jük = we with a definite object

So átültetjük is basically we re-plant/transplant it.

Why is the verb átültetjük in this form instead of something like átültetünk?

Hungarian has two main verb conjugations:

• indefinite conjugation: used when there is no specific direct object
• definite conjugation: used when the direct object is definite or specific

Here the object is a rozmaringot = the rosemary, which is definite. Because of that, Hungarian uses the definite verb form:

• átültetjük = we transplant it / the specific thing
• compare with átültetünk = we transplant in a more general sense, without a definite object

So the form of the verb agrees with the fact that the object is specific.

Why does rozmaring become rozmaringot?