How to use the definite article in Hungarian

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The Hungarian definite article

The definite article is what we call the word 'the' in English. The definite article is used with nouns. The English definite article 'the' has two forms in Hungarian. Normally, the definite article is 'a'. Before a vowel however, the definite article is 'az'.

Examples

a nő

the woman

a fiúgyerek

the son

a személy

the person

az ajtó

the door

a fiútestvér

the brother

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The definite article is what we call the word the in English. The definite article is used with nouns. Using the nouns könyv, szék and (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn how to use the definite article with each of the nouns. The nouns together with the definite article are a könyv, a szék and az ajtó (the book, the chair, the door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the definite article in Hungarian including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the definite article with the Hungarian nouns könyv, szék and , you're ready to move on to Step 5 (the plural in Hungarian).

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