Breakdown of A fazekaskorong jól működik.
az
the
jól
well
működni
to function or work
fazekaskorong
a potter's wheel
Questions & Answers about A fazekaskorong jól működik.
Why does the sentence start with A? Does it mean a or the?
In Hungarian, a is the definite article, so here it means the, not English a.
- a is used before words that begin with a consonant
- az is used before words that begin with a vowel
So:
- a fazekaskorong = the potter’s wheel
Hungarian has no separate word spelled like English a/an. The indefinite article is egy.
What does fazekaskorong consist of? Is it a compound word?
Yes. Fazekaskorong is a compound noun:
- fazekas = potter
- korong = wheel / disk
So literally it is something like potter-wheel, meaning potter’s wheel.
Hungarian forms compounds very often, much more freely than English.
Why is it jól and not jó?