Word
A fehér falon jól mutat a fekete kép.
Meaning
The black picture looks good on the white wall.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of A fehér falon jól mutat a fekete kép.
kép
the picture
fal
the wall
-on
on
jól mutatni
to look good
Questions & Answers about A fehér falon jól mutat a fekete kép.
What does falon mean, and why does fal change?
Falon is fal (wall) plus the suffix -on, which expresses location on something.
- fal = wall
- falon = on the wall
Hungarian usually uses case suffixes instead of separate prepositions like English does.
In this sentence:
- A fehér falon = on the white wall
The form -on is one version of the suffix; depending on the word, you may also see -en, -ön, or -n.
Why is it a fehér falon and a fekete kép? What does a mean?
A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.
So:
- a fehér falon = on the white wall
- a fekete kép = the black picture
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before most consonant sounds
- az before vowel sounds
For example:
- a fal = the wall
- az asztal = the table
Why don’t fehér and fekete change form? Shouldn’t adjectives agree with the noun?