Hazajönni

Hazajönni is a Hungarian verb meaning to return to one’s home or to come home after being away. The word combines the noun haza, meaning home, with the verb jönni, to come. It denotes returning to one’s residence or homeland after a period of absence and is used for people who have been away for work, travel, study, or other reasons.

Grammatical notes: hazajönni is intransitive and does not take a direct object. It is conjugated like other -jönni verbs. Examples in the present tense include hazajövök (I come home), hazajösz (you come home), hazajön (he/she comes home); hazajövünk (we come home), hazajöttök (you all come home), hazajönnek (they come home). The past tense forms are hazajöttem, hazajöttél, hazajött, hazajöttünk, hazajöttetek, hazajöttek. The future is typically expressed with fog plus the infinitive, for example: Én hazajönni fogok, we will come home; or more commonly with a finite form: Holnap hazajönnek.

Usage and nuance: hazajönni is used when emphasizing the return to one’s own home or homeland after being away. It contrasts with hazamenni, which means to go home (to leave a place to return home from away) and with hazatérni, a more formal or literary synonym for returning home.

Examples:

- Ma este hazajön a férjem. (My husband is coming home this evening.)

- Hazajöttem a nyaralásból. (I came home from the vacation.)

- Mikor hazajössz? (When will you come home?)

See also: hazatér, visszatér; hazamenni (to go home), hazaköltözni (to move back home).