Mi az ellenőrzés célja?

what

Breakdown of Mi az ellenőrzés célja?

• az: the
• ellenőrzés: an inspection or check
• cél: a goal or aim

Questions & Answers about Mi az ellenőrzés célja?

What does mi mean here?

Mi means what? It is the basic Hungarian question word for asking about a thing, concept, identity, or explanation. In this sentence, it asks for the purpose of something: What is the purpose of the inspection/check?

Why is there az after mi?

Az is the definite article, meaning the.

In Hungarian, questions of the type What is X? are often built as:

Mi + article + noun phrase?

So:

Mi az ellenőrzés célja?
literally: What is the inspection’s purpose?

The article appears because ellenőrzés célja is a definite noun phrase: the purpose of the inspection/check.

Also, Hungarian uses az instead of a before a vowel sound. Since ellenőrzés begins with e, the correct article is az.

Why is it az and not a?