Questions & Answers about Az önéletrajz az e-mailben van.
Why are there two az words in this sentence?
Because Hungarian uses the definite article a / az much like English uses the.
In this sentence:
- Az önéletrajz = the résumé / the CV
- az e-mailben = in the email
So both nouns are definite, and each gets its own article.
Hungarian does not usually say one the and let it cover everything afterward. If two separate noun phrases are definite, each normally has its own article.
Why is it az and not a?
Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:
- a before a consonant sound
- az before a vowel sound
Both önéletrajz and e-mail begin with a vowel sound, so the correct form is az:
- az önéletrajz
- az e-mail
This is similar to the difference between a and an in English, although in Hungarian this applies to the definite article.
What does önéletrajz mean exactly? Is it résumé or CV?