Családja

Családja is a Hungarian possessive form meaning “his/her/its family.” It is formed from the noun család (family) together with the third-person possessive suffix -ja/-je. The choice between -ja and -je follows vowel harmony, and in the common form for család the suffix appears as -ja, yielding the pronunciation and spelling családja. In English, the form corresponds to “his family,” “her family,” or “its family,” depending on the subject.

In Hungarian, possessive forms are attached to the noun to indicate ownership, with the suffixes changing for person and number. The third-person singular possessive suffix is -ja or -je, chosen according to the stem’s last vowel. Because the stem család ends with a back vowel, the form is családja.

Common possessive forms related to család (showing person and number) are: családom (my family), családod (your family, informal singular), családja (his/her/its family), családunk (our family), családotok (your family, plural), and családjuk (their family). These forms illustrate how Hungarian marks possession directly on the noun.

Usage notes: the form családja can be used with a variety of subjects to indicate that someone’s family is the referent. It is typically found in sentences such as “Az apának van egy nagy családja” (The father has a large family) or “Mindenkinek van családja” (Everyone has a family). The construction is a standard feature of Hungarian possessive morphology and does not require a separate possessive pronoun in many contexts.