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Definite Conjugation

In hungarian there are two types of conjugation. The indefinite we already learned but the definite is used for a definite direct object.

Definite if:

-preceded by definite article
-modified by or just demonstrative
-proper noun
-possessive ending
-3rd person pronoun (even unstated)
-uses each other
-has melyik
-when used to introduce a subordinate "that" clause which may or may not use hogy

Examples:

Does she know when the plane will land?
Tudja mikor érkezik a gép?

Conjugation:

én: om-em-öm
te: od-ed-öd
ő: ja-i

mi: juk-jük
ti: játok-itek
ők: ják-ik

When adding j endings the following change occurs:


sj: ss
szj: ssz
zj; zz
dzj: ddz