Definite: definiteness or state
Definiteness is relevant for determiners and verbs in Hungarian. Besides the values Def (definite) and Ind (indefinite), we apply the value 2 for marking second person objects, which trigger special inflectional suffixes on the verb.
Ind: indefinite
Examples
- [hu] egy kutya “a dog”
Def: definite
Examples
- [hu] a kutya “the dog”
2: definite second person object marked on verb
This value is used for marking second person objects which trigger special inflectional suffixes on the verb.
Examples
- [hu] Szeret egy fiút. lit. love-PRES-3SG-INDEF a boy-ACC “She loves a boy.”
- [hu] Szereti a fiút. lit. love-PRES-3SG-DEF the boy-ACC “She loves the boy.”
- [hu] Szeretlek. lit. love-PRES-1SG-2SGOBJ “I love you.”
- [hu] Szeretek valakit. lit. love-PRES-1SG-INDEF someone-ACC “I love someone.”
- [hu] Szeretem őt. lit. love-PRES-1SG-DEF 3SG-ACC “I love him.”
Definite in other languages: [bej] [bg] [el] [en] [es] [fr] [ga] [hu] [hy] [it] [ky] [myv] [pcm] [pt] [qpm] [sga] [sl] [sv] [tr] [u] [urj] [xcl]