A barátok a buszra fognak felszállni.

the friend

Breakdown of A barátok a buszra fognak felszállni.

• felszállni: to get on
• busz: the bus
• -ra: onto
• ők: they

Questions & Answers about A barátok a buszra fognak felszállni.

Why is fognak used here to form the future tense instead of a single future-tense verb form?

In Hungarian, the future tense can be expressed using fog (conjugated) + an infinitive verb (here: felszállni). This is a common way to talk about future events. Unlike English, Hungarian does not have a single dedicated future-tense verb ending; instead, it uses fog + infinitive.

Why do we say a buszra and not a buszhoz or a buszba?

The verb felszállni (to get on) naturally takes the -ra/-re suffix, indicating the surface onto which someone is boarding. Think of it as "onto" the bus rather than "into" or "to" the bus.

Why is felszállni at the end of the sentence?

In Hungarian, the core verb often comes toward the end, especially in neutral or future tense constructions. The word order is relatively flexible, but fognak felszállni is a perfectly typical pattern: subject + object/place + auxiliary (fog) + main verb (felszállni).

Is the -nak/-nek ending on fognak a plural or a tense marker?

That -nak ending is the third-person plural conjugation of fog. It indicates that they will do something (the subject being a barátok, the friends). The future tense structure is still fog + infinitive, but fog is what gets conjugated for person and number.

Why do we have the article A before barátok?

In Hungarian, definite noun phrases usually take the definite article a (or az before vowels). Even though barátok is plural, you still precede it with the appropriate article (A). This is typical in Hungarian when referring to a specific group, "the friends."