Kisimítjuk a peremet.

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Breakdown of Kisimítjuk a peremet.

• perem: a rim or edge
• kisimítani: to smooth out

Questions & Answers about Kisimítjuk a peremet.

What does kisimítjuk break down into?

kisimítjuk can be analyzed as:

• ki- = a verbal prefix, often suggesting out, completely, or to a finished/smooth result
• simít = to smooth, to flatten with the hand/tool
• -juk = we in the definite conjugation

So the verb means something like we smooth it / we smooth it out, with ki- adding the sense of completing the smoothing.

Why is it -juk and not just a general we ending?

Hungarian has two kinds of verb conjugation:

• indefinite conjugation: used when there is no specific direct object
• definite conjugation: used when the direct object is specific/definite

Here the object is a peremet = the rim/edge/brim, which is definite because of a (the).
That is why Hungarian uses the definite form:

• simítunk = we smooth / we are smoothing (something unspecified)
• simítjuk = we smooth it / the specific thing

With the prefix, that becomes kisimítjuk.

Why is perem changed to ?