Szobáját

Szobáját is a Hungarian grammatical form derived from the noun szoba (room) with the third-person possessive suffix -ja/-je, which yields szobája meaning “his/her room.” When the definite direct object suffix -t is added to the possessed noun, the form becomes szobáját. This combination marks the noun phrase as a definite object of a verb, roughly translating to “his/her room” as the object. The form is used when the speaker and listener know which room is being referred to.

In use, szobáját appears after verbs that take a definite direct object. For example: Látom a szobáját (I see his/her room); Ő takarította a szobáját (He/she cleaned his/her room); Kérlek, nézd meg a szobáját (Please, look at his/her room). The presence of -t signals definiteness, which can affect word order and article use in Hungarian sentences.

Related forms include szobája, the possessive noun phrase “his/her room” without the direct-object suffix, and szobájukat, the plural possessive with a definite object meaning “their room” as an object. For second-person familiar forms, szobád means “your room,” while szobád lehet a rövidebb változata a közvetlen beszédben.

Etymology and structure: szobája combines szoba with the suffix -ja/-je to indicate ownership, and the further suffix -t marks definiteness as a direct object. The related plural forms follow the same pattern with appropriate suffixes. Szobáját is primarily a syntactic device to specify whose room is being referenced and to mark the phrase as a definite object within a sentence.