Questions & Answers about Sokat beszélünk a politikáról.
What does sokat mean here, and why is it sokat rather than sok?
Sok means much / many / a lot in its basic dictionary form.
In this sentence, sokat means a lot in the sense of to a great extent:
- Sokat beszélünk = we talk a lot
The -t here is the accusative ending, but in expressions like this, Hungarian often uses the accusative form adverbially to show extent or quantity of the action.
Compare:
- Sokat olvasok. = I read a lot.
- Sokat dolgoznak. = They work a lot.
So this is a very common pattern: sokat + verb.
What does beszélünk tell me?
Beszélünk comes from the verb beszélni = to speak / to talk.
The ending -ünk tells you:
- present tense
- 1st person plural
- so: we speak / we talk / we are talking
So beszélünk = we speak / we talk.
Does beszélünk mean we speak, we talk, or we are talking?