Questions & Answers about A kovács ma dolgozik.
What does A mean here, and why is it a instead of az?
A is the definite article, so it means the.
Hungarian has two forms:
- a before a consonant
- az before a vowel
So:
- a kovács = the blacksmith
- az ember = the person
It is capitalized here only because it is the first word of the sentence.
Why is there no word for he or she?
Hungarian often leaves subject pronouns out when they are clear from the verb form.
The verb dolgozik already shows 3rd person singular, so he/she works is understood from context. Hungarian does this much more often than English.
If you wanted to add the pronoun for emphasis, you could say Ő ma dolgozik or A kovács ma dolgozik, depending on what you want to stress.
What form is dolgozik?
Dolgozik is the present tense, 3rd person singular form of the verb dolgozni, meaning to work.
So:
- dolgozni = to work
- dolgozik = he/she works or he/she is working
This is a fully conjugated verb form, not the dictionary form.
Does dolgozik mean works or ?