Látja

Látja is a Hungarian verb form meaning “he sees,” “she sees,” or “it sees.” It is the present tense, third-person singular form of the verb látni, to see. The same form is used when addressing someone formally with the pronoun Ön, as in Ön látja (you see).

Morphology and conjugation: látja is formed from the verb stem lát- with the present-tense third-person singular suffix -ja. The suffix adapts to vowel harmony patterns in Hungarian. Thus, the base forms in the present tense include látom (I see), látod (you see), and látja (he/she/it sees; or you, formally, see).

Usage: látja is used for simple present statements about a single third-person subject. It appears in affirmative sentences, questions, and scripts where a non-first-person subject is described. Examples: “Ő látja a napot.” (He sees the sun.) “A gyerek látja a madarakat.” (The child sees the birds.) In the formal-register, one can say “Ön látja?” meaning “Do you see?” when addressing someone with the formal Ön.

Related forms: other present-tense forms of látni include látom (I see), látod (you see), és látják (they see). The past tense forms include látta (he/she/it saw). Látni is a regular verb in its present conjugation, with the third-person singular form being látja.

See also: Hungarian verb conjugation, látni (to see), present tense in Hungarian, Hungarian pronouns and formal address.