Breakdown of Mehetek most a tanterembe, vagy még várnom kell?
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I
tanterem
the classroom
vagy
or
várni
to wait
Questions & Answers about Mehetek most a tanterembe, vagy még várnom kell?
What does mehetek mean grammatically?
Mehetek is the 1st person singular form of mehet, built from the verb menni (to go).
In this sentence, mehetek? usually means May I go? / Am I allowed to go? rather than simply Can I go? in the physical-ability sense.
The ending -hetek / -hatok is often used to express:
- permission
- possibility
- sometimes ability, depending on context
So mehetek most... ? is basically asking for permission: Can I go now...?
Why is it mehetek and not a form directly based on menni?
Hungarian verbs often change their stem in conjugation.
The dictionary form is menni (to go), but one common finite stem is megy-.
With the possibility/permission suffix, this becomes meh-, so:
- menni = to go
- megyek = I go
- mehetek = I may/can go
This is just something you learn as part of the verb’s pattern. It is not completely predictable from the infinitive alone, so learners usually memorize menni – megyek – mehetek together.
Why is there no word for I in the sentence?