Személyekkel

Személyekkel is a Hungarian grammatical form meaning “with people.” It is the instrumental plural form of the noun szemé ly (person) and is used to indicate accompaniment or involvement of multiple people in an action, state, or relation.

Formation and orthography: The base noun szemé ly forms the plural szemé lyek. To express the instrumental case, Hungarian attaches the suffix -kel to the plural, yielding szemé lyekkel. The result contains a double k sequence at the junction of -ek and -kel, which is a normal orthographic consequence of combining the plural ending with the instrumental suffix.

Usage: Személyekkel is commonly used after verbs or in phrases that describe interacting with or acting together with other people. Examples:

- A kutatás során személykekkel végzett interjúkat elemeztünk. (During the research we analyzed interviews conducted with people.)

- A konferencián személykekkel találkoztunk. (We met with people at the conference.)

- A projektben személykekkel együtt dolgoztunk. (We worked together with people on the project.)

The form can appear in various syntactic positions, often following prepositions or serving as an object of a verb that requires instrumental meaning.

Notes: Személyekkel reflects standard Hungarian case-marking for plural animate referents in the instrumental sense. It is related to szemé lyek (the plural nominative) and to other instrumental forms formed with -kel/-val, with the usual orthographic adjustment producing -ekkel after the plural -ek.

See also: szemé ly, szemé lyek, instrumental case in Hungarian.