Kollekcióját

Kollekcióját is a Hungarian noun form that combines possession with a definite direct object marker. It refers to someone’s collection as the definite object of a verb. The base word is kollekció (collection); the form kollekcióját encodes both ownership and definiteness in one word.

Morphology and form: In Hungarian, the 3rd person singular possessive ending is -ja or -je, depending on vowel harmony, producing kollekciója for many possessors. The definite direct object suffix -t is then attached to that form, yielding kollekcióját. Thus the usual order is root + possessive ending + definite object ending. For kollekció, the result is kollekciója (his/her/its collection) and kollekcióját when the collection is the definite object of the sentence.

Usage: Kollekcióját is used when you want to specify whose collection is being discussed and when that collection is treated as a definite object in the clause. Examples include: Láttam a kollekcióját a múzeumban. (I saw his/her collection at the museum.) A kollekcióját megmutatták a kurátoroknak. (They showed his/her collection to the curators.) In contexts where the possessor is clear or the object is not definite, other forms such as kollekciója or kollekció lehetnek used without the -t flanked by a definite article.

Etymology and notes: Kollekció is a loanword from Latin/French roots meaning “collection.” The attached suffixes reflect Hungarian inflection rules for possession and definite objects. The form kollekcióját is a typical example of Hungarian agglutinative morphology, illustrating how multiple grammatical functions can be encoded in a single word.