Breakdown of A szegény család takarékoskodik.
Questions & Answers about A szegény család takarékoskodik.
A is the Hungarian definite article, so here it means the.
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before consonant sounds
- az before vowel sounds
So:
- a család = the family
- az ember = the person / the man
Since szegény starts with a consonant sound, a is used.
In Hungarian, adjectives normally come before the noun, just like in English.
So:
- szegény család = poor family
- nagy ház = big house
- boldog gyerek = happy child
That word order is the normal one for a simple noun phrase.