Teszek kiflit, tejet és almát a kosárba, majd a pultnál fizetek.

I put bread rolls, milk, and apples into the basket, then I pay at the counter.

Breakdown of Teszek kiflit, tejet és almát a kosárba, majd a pultnál fizetek.

• és: and
• alma: the apple
• tej: the milk
• majd: then

Questions & Answers about Teszek kiflit, tejet és almát a kosárba, majd a pultnál fizetek.

What person and tense are teszek and fizetek?

Both are first-person singular, present tense forms:

• teszek = I put / I place
• fizetek = I pay

So the speaker is talking about their own actions. Hungarian does not need a separate word for I here, because the verb ending already shows it.

Why is it teszek, not teszem, even though the sentence contains a kosárba?

Because definite vs. indefinite conjugation depends on the direct object, not on every noun in the sentence.

Here, the direct objects are:

• kiflit
• tejet
• almát

These are bare, indefinite nouns, so Hungarian uses the indefinite verb form: teszek.

a kosárba is only the destination (into the basket), not the direct object, so it does not make the verb definite.

Compare:

• Teszek kiflit a kosárba. = I put a/some bread roll into the basket.
• A kiflit a kosárba teszem. = I put the bread roll into the basket.

Why do kiflit, tejet, and all end in ?