Érezzük a hideget.

We feel the cold.

Breakdown of Érezzük a hideget.

• az: the
• hideg: cold
• érezni: to feel

Questions & Answers about Érezzük a hideget.

What is the base form of érezzük?

The dictionary form is érezni, meaning to feel.

In this sentence, érezzük means we feel and is:

• present tense
• 1st person plural (we)
• definite conjugation

So érezzük is not just we feel in general, but we feel it / the specific thing.

Why is it érezzük and not érzünk?

Because the object is definite: a hideget = the cold.

Hungarian verbs have two main conjugation patterns:

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

So:

• Érzünk hideget. = We feel cold / some coldness.
• Érezzük a hideget. = We feel the cold.

Since a hideget has the definite article a, Hungarian uses the definite verb form érezzük.

Why is there no word for we in the sentence?