Breakdown of A tanfolyamon ma három nehéz feladat van, de a tanárnő segít.
lenni
to be
ma
today
de
but
segíteni
to help
Questions & Answers about A tanfolyamon ma három nehéz feladat van, de a tanárnő segít.
What does tanfolyamon mean literally, and what does the ending -on do?
The base word is tanfolyam, meaning course or class/course program.
The ending -on is a location ending. In this sentence, a tanfolyamon means on the course or more naturally in English, in the class / during the course.
Hungarian often uses location endings in ways that do not match English exactly, so it is best to learn tanfolyamon as the normal way to say in the course / in class here.
Why is there an a in A tanfolyamon?
A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.
So A tanfolyamon means in the course / in the class, referring to a specific course that the speakers already know about.
Hungarian uses a/az very often, sometimes even where English might sound more natural without an article.
Why is ma placed there? Could it go somewhere else?