Nagyítom a portrét.

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Breakdown of Nagyítom a portrét.

• portré: a portrait
• nagyítani: to enlarge an image

Questions & Answers about Nagyítom a portrét.

Why is the verb nagyítom and not just nagyítok?

Because Hungarian uses two main verb conjugations: indefinite and definite.

Here the object is a portrét (the portrait), which is a definite object, so the verb takes the definite conjugation:

• nagyítok = I enlarge something / I am enlarging something (indefinite, no specific object)
• nagyítom = I enlarge it / the specific thing (definite)

So Nagyítom a portrét uses -om because the speaker is talking about a specific portrait.

What does the ending -om mean in nagyítom?

The ending -om shows:

• 1st person singular = I
• present tense
• definite conjugation

So nagyítom means something like I enlarge it / I am enlarging it, where the it is a definite object.

This is why Hungarian often does in one word what English expresses with both a subject and a verb form.

Why is there an a before portrét?