A fazekaskorongon bögrét korongozunk.

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Breakdown of A fazekaskorongon bögrét korongozunk.

• fazekaskorong: a potter's wheel
• bögre: a mug
• korongozni: to throw pottery on a wheel

Questions & Answers about A fazekaskorongon bögrét korongozunk.

Why does the sentence start with a? Does it mean the?

Yes. A is the Hungarian definite article, so it corresponds to English the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant
• az before a vowel

Since fazekaskorongon starts with f, the sentence uses a.

So:

• a fazekaskorongon = on the potter’s wheel

Why is fazekaskorongon one long word?

Because Hungarian very often builds compound nouns as a single word.

Here:

• fazekas = potter
• korong = wheel / disc

Together:

• fazekaskorong = potter’s wheel

Then the location ending is added:

• fazekaskorong
  • -on → fazekaskorongon

So the whole form means on the potter’s wheel.

What does the ending -on mean in fazekaskorongon?