Megszokom a kontaktlencsét.

Hungarian often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear. In megszokom, the ending tells you the subject is I.

You would only add én if you wanted extra emphasis or contrast:

• Én megszokom a kontaktlencsét. = I will get used to the contact lens.

Megszokom is the 1st person singular form of megszokik.

It can mean things like:

• I get used to it
• I’m getting used to it
• I’ll get used to it

The best English translation depends on context.

The prefix meg- often gives a sense of reaching a result or completion.

So:

• szokom can sound more like I’m getting used to...
• megszokom can sound more like I’ll get used to... / I do get used to...

In other words, meg- makes the action feel more goal-oriented: not just the process, but arriving at the state of being used to something.

Formally, it is present tense.

But Hungarian present tense is often used where English would use:

• the present: I get used to it
• the progressive: I’m getting used to it
• the future: I’ll get used to it

So this sentence can be translated in different ways depending on the situation.

If you wanted to say the process is already completed, you would normally use the past:

• Megszoktam a kontaktlencsét. = I got used to the contact lens / I’m used to it now.

Because kontaktlencsét is the direct object of the verb, and Hungarian marks direct objects with the accusative ending -t.

The basic form is:

• kontaktlencse = contact lens

The object form is:

• kontaktlencsét = contact lens + accusative

Also, when a noun ends in -a or -e, that vowel usually lengthens before the ending:

• kontaktlencse → kontaktlencsét
• mese → mesét
• alma → almát

a is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the before a consonant.

• a kontaktlencsét = the contact lens
• before a vowel, Hungarian uses az

Hungarian often uses the definite article in places where English might not, especially when the thing is understood from context or treated as a familiar category.

Because Hungarian does not copy English preposition patterns directly.

With megszokik, the thing you get used to is often a direct object, so it appears in the accusative:

• megszok valamit = get used to something

That is why this sentence has:

• a kontaktlencsét

and not a separate word meaning to.

There is also another common Hungarian verb pattern:

• hozzászokik valamihez = get used to something

So you could also say:

• Hozzászokom a kontaktlencséhez.

Both structures are possible, but they use different grammar.

Here -om marks 1st person singular: I.

Also, Hungarian often uses a special verb pattern when the object is definite, and here the object is definite:

• a kontaktlencsét = the contact lens

So megszokom is the correct I form in this sentence.

It is singular.

• kontaktlencse = contact lens
• kontaktlencsét = contact lens (object form)
• kontaktlencséket = contact lenses (object form, plural)

Depending on context, Hungarian singular can sometimes sound more general than English singular, so a singular form may still refer to the idea of contact lenses as a thing someone is getting used to.

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, and different orders often show topic or emphasis.

• Megszokom a kontaktlencsét. = neutral
• A kontaktlencsét megszokom. = puts more emphasis on the contact lens, something like As for the contact lens, I’ll get used to it.

So the original sentence is a normal, neutral way to say it.

A few useful pronunciation points:

• Stress is on the first syllable of each word:
  • MEG-szo-kom a KON-takt-len-csét
• sz sounds like English s
• cs sounds like English ch
• é is a long vowel, somewhat like the vowel in say, but cleaner and tenser

So kontaktlencsét contains:

• sz = s
• cs = ch
• final -ét with a long é sound