Breakdown of Hozd be a palántát, nehogy hideg helyen maradjon.
az
the
hideg
cold
maradni
to remain
hozni
to bring
Questions & Answers about Hozd be a palántát, nehogy hideg helyen maradjon.
What form is hozd?
Hozd is the 2nd person singular imperative form of hozni = to bring.
So it means bring! when speaking to one person informally.
More specifically, it is the definite imperative form, because the sentence has a definite object: a palántát = the seedling.
A useful contrast:
- hozod = you bring it / you are bringing it
- hozd = bring it!
So Hozd be a palántát means Bring the seedling in.
Why is it hozd, not just hozz?
Because Hungarian distinguishes between indefinite and definite verb forms.
Here the object is a palántát = the seedling, which is definite, so the verb uses the definite imperative:
- hozz = bring (something unspecified)
- hozd = bring it / bring the specific thing
Compare:
- Hozz be egy palántát. = Bring in a seedling.
- Hozd be a palántát. = Bring in the seedling.
That final -d is the clue that the command is aimed at a definite object.