A bérletem a pénztárcámban van, ezért nem kell jegyet vennem.

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Breakdown of A bérletem a pénztárcámban van, ezért nem kell jegyet vennem.

• -m: my
• venni: to buy
• jegy: the ticket

Questions & Answers about A bérletem a pénztárcámban van, ezért nem kell jegyet vennem.

Why does bérletem mean my pass without a separate word for my?

Hungarian usually shows possession with a suffix attached to the noun, instead of a separate possessive word like my.

• bérlet = pass / travel pass
• bérlet-em = my pass

The suffix -em means my here.

This is very common in Hungarian:

• könyvem = my book
• házam = my house
• jegyem = my ticket

So A bérletem... literally looks like The my-pass..., but in natural English it is just My pass... or The pass I have..., depending on context.

Why is there an article in A bérletem? Why not just Bérletem?

Hungarian often uses the definite article a / az even with possessed nouns.

So:

• A bérletem... = My pass...
• literally: The my-pass...

This can feel strange to English speakers, because English usually does not say the my pass. But in Hungarian, the article is normal and often sounds more natural.

You may sometimes see possessed nouns without the article, especially in certain styles or structures, but in an ordinary sentence like this, A bérletem is perfectly natural.

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