Tanítótok

Tanítótok is a Hungarian possessive construction that means “your teacher.” It is formed from the noun tanító (teacher) with the second-person plural possessive suffix -tok, and is used to indicate that the teacher belongs to the group addressed. In everyday writing, the phrase commonly appears with the definite article: A tanítótok jelentése a kontextustól függ.

Morphology and usage: The base noun tanító combines with the possessive suffix -tok to yield tanítótok. The form is typically used to refer to the listener’s teacher in a general sense or within a specific context, such as a sentence about characteristics or actions of that teacher. Like other Hungarian possessive forms, tanítótok can be further inflected for case or combined with other suffixes to form genitive relationships, adjectives, or to indicate location and time.

Examples: A tanítótok nagyon kedves. (Your teacher is very kind.) A tanítótok fotója a kiállításon van. (Your teacher’s photo is in the exhibition.) In many contexts, especially formal writing, the definite article is used: A tanítótok feladata a tananyag átadása.

Relation to related terms: Tanító refers to the teacher themselves, while tanítás relates to teaching or instruction. Hungarian possessive forms follow a regular pattern and can express possessors beyond the second person plural with corresponding suffixes.

See also: Hungarian grammar of possessives; tanító; tanítás.