A tanár ugyanazt mondja.

The teacher is saying the same thing.

Breakdown of A tanár ugyanazt mondja.

• tanár: the teacher
• mondani: to say
• ugyanaz: the same thing

Questions & Answers about A tanár ugyanazt mondja.

What does a mean in A tanár?

A is the Hungarian definite article, equivalent to English the.

So:

• a tanár = the teacher

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before most consonants
• az before vowels

For example:

• a tanár = the teacher
• az alma = the apple

Why is it tanár and not tanárt?

Because tanár is the subject of the sentence, not the object.

In A tanár ugyanazt mondja:

• a tanár = the teacher → the one doing the action
• ugyanazt = the same thing → the thing being said

Hungarian usually marks the direct object with -t, but the subject normally has no special ending here.

So:

• tanár = subject
• ugyanazt = object

What does ugyanazt consist of?

Ugyanazt can be broken down like this:

• ugyanaz = the same
• -t = direct object ending

So ugyanazt literally means the same one / the same thing as the object of the verb.

This is why the sentence means that the teacher is saying the same thing.