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Questions & Answers about A tájkép elmosódik.
What does a mean here?
A is the Hungarian definite article, so it means the.
- a is used before most consonant sounds
- az is used before vowel sounds
So:
- a tájkép = the landscape
It does not mean a/an here, even though it looks similar to English a.
What is tájkép exactly?
Tájkép means landscape.
It is a compound word:
- táj = region, scenery, landscape
- kép = picture, image
Historically, the word can feel like landscape picture/image, but in normal modern Hungarian it simply means landscape.
How do you pronounce tájkép?
A helpful rough pronunciation is:
tájkép ≈ taay-kape
More exactly:
- táj has a long á, like a longer a sound
- kép has a long é, somewhat like ay in English, but purer and longer
A few useful pronunciation notes:
- á is a long vowel
- é is also a long vowel
- stress in Hungarian is always on the first syllable, so: TÁJ-kép
What does elmosódik mean grammatically?