A pék mosolyog, amikor két kiflit és egy süteményt kérek.

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So A pék = the baker.

Hungarian uses a before consonant sounds and az before vowel sounds:

• a pék = the baker
• az alma = the apple

Here, a pék suggests a specific baker, probably the one in the bakery or the one being talked about in context.

Hungarian usually leaves out subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb ending.

kérek already means I ask for / I would like / I request, because the ending -ek shows first person singular.

So:

• kérek = I ask for / I would like
• én kérek = I ask for / I ask for

The pronoun én is only added for emphasis or contrast.

This is about Hungarian’s two verb conjugations: indefinite and definite.

Here, kérek is the indefinite form, because the things being requested are indefinite:

• két kiflit = two bread rolls
• egy süteményt = one pastry

Even though the quantities are specific, they are not definite in the grammatical sense. They are not the two rolls or that pastry.

Compare:

• Kérek két kiflit. = I’d like two bread rolls.
• Kérem a kiflit. = I’d like the bread roll. / I ask for the bread roll.

So kérek is correct here.

The -t marks the accusative case, which is used for the direct object.

Since the speaker is requesting the bread rolls, kifli is the object of kérek, so it becomes:

• kifli = bread roll
• kiflit = bread roll(s) as a direct object

In this sentence:

• két kiflit = two bread rolls (as the thing being requested)

For the same reason as kiflit: it is a direct object, so it takes the accusative ending -t.

But with sütemény, the form changes a little:

• sütemény = pastry, cake
• süteményt = pastry/cake as a direct object

This happens because Hungarian often inserts or reshapes sounds when endings are added, so the result sounds natural.

So:

• egy süteményt kérek = I’d like one pastry

After a number, Hungarian normally uses the noun in the singular, not the plural.

So:

• két kifli = two bread rolls
• not két kiflik

Then, because the noun is the direct object, it takes accusative -t:

• két kiflit

This is very different from English. In English, we say two bread rolls with a plural noun. In Hungarian, the number already shows plurality, so the noun stays singular.

Both mean two, but they are used differently.

• két is normally used before a noun
• kettő is usually used on its own

So:

• két kifli = two bread rolls
• Kettő van. = There are two. / Two of them.

That is why the sentence has két kiflit.

It can do either job in Hungarian, depending on context.

Here, egy most naturally means one, because it is paired with két:

• két kiflit és egy süteményt = two bread rolls and one pastry

In other contexts, egy can also work like a/an:

• egy pék = a baker

So egy can be a numeral or an indefinite-article-like word.

Amikor means when.

It introduces a time clause:

• A pék mosolyog, amikor... = The baker smiles when...

So the whole sentence means:

• The baker smiles when I ask for two bread rolls and one pastry.

Hungarian uses amikor very commonly for this kind of clause.

Hungarian word order is flexible, but it is not random. It depends a lot on information structure, emphasis, and what is in focus.

In this sentence, amikor két kiflit és egy süteményt kérek is a natural, neutral way to say:

• when I ask for two bread rolls and one pastry

Putting kérek at the end is very normal here.

Hungarian subordinate clauses do not have the strict English-style word order rules, and verbs often appear later in the clause than an English speaker might expect.

Hungarian uses a comma before subordinate clauses introduced by words like amikor.

So:

• A pék mosolyog, amikor...

This is standard punctuation. It works similarly to English in a sentence like:

• The baker smiles when I ask...

Hungarian tends to mark this clause boundary clearly with a comma.

Yes. mosolyog is present tense: smiles / is smiling.

Depending on context, Hungarian present tense can express:

• a general habit
• a repeated situation
• something happening now

So this sentence could mean:

• The baker smiles when I ask for two bread rolls and one pastry. or, in context,
• The baker is smiling when I ask for two bread rolls and one pastry.

The most natural reading is probably habitual or general: this is what the baker does in that situation.

Because both are direct objects of kérek.

The speaker is asking for two things:

• két kiflit
• egy süteményt

Hungarian marks each direct object with accusative -t, even when they are joined by és (and).

So:

• kifli → kiflit
• sütemény → süteményt

That is completely normal Hungarian structure.