A pék ad egy zacskót, és bele teszi a kiflit.

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Breakdown of A pék ad egy zacskót, és bele teszi a kiflit.

• egy: a
• tenni: to put
• adni: to give

Questions & Answers about A pék ad egy zacskót, és bele teszi a kiflit.

Why do zacskót and kiflit end in -t?

Because they are direct objects, and Hungarian marks direct objects with the accusative ending -t.

• zacskó → zacskót = a bag → a bag as the thing being given
• kifli → kiflit = a roll → the roll as the thing being put somewhere

This is very common in Hungarian. If a noun is the thing that receives the action, it usually gets accusative -t.

Why is it ad in the first clause, but teszi in the second?

This is because Hungarian verbs have two main conjugation patterns:

• indefinite conjugation
• definite conjugation

In the first clause:

• ad egy zacskót = gives a bag
• egy zacskót is indefinite, so the verb is in the indefinite form: ad

In the second clause:

• teszi a kiflit = puts the roll
• a kiflit is definite, so the verb is in the definite form: teszi

So this sentence is a very nice example of the difference:

• ad = used with an indefinite object
• teszi = used with a definite object