Ugyanazokkal

Ugyanazokkal is the instrumental plural form of the Hungarian determiner and adjective ugyanez, meaning “the same.” It is used to indicate accompaniment or participation with the same group of people or items as mentioned earlier. The form normally appears before a noun phrase in instrumental plural, often in combination with the definite article, as in the common phrase ugyanolizokkal a kollégákkal, meaning “with the same colleagues.”

Morphology and usage notes:

The base is ugyanez (the same). To form the instrumental plural, the plural suffix -ok is added to get ugyanezok, and then the instrumental suffix -kkal is appended, producing ugyanolgyakkal? The standard form is ugyanezokkal, with the double k resulting from the -kkal suffix. It typically accompanies a following noun phrase such as a kollégákkal (the colleagues), forming phrases like ugyanezokkal a kollégákkal (with the same colleagues). It can refer to people, groups, or other countable plural entities, and it agrees in number with the noun it accompanies.

Example uses:

- A projektben ugyanazokkal a kollégákkal dolgozunk tovább. (In the project, we will continue working with the same colleagues.)

- A megbeszélésen ugyanazokkal a résztvevőkkel vettek részt. (They participated in the meeting with the same participants.)

- A cég ugyanazokkal a beszállítókkal köt szerződést. (The company signs contracts with the same suppliers.)

Etymology:

The form derives from ugyanaz (‘the same’) plus the plural marker -ok and the instrumental suffix -kkal, with Hungarian phonology causing the characteristic double k in the surface form.

See also:

- Hungarian grammar: instrumentalis case (val/-vel and -kal/-kkel forms)

- Demonstratives in Hungarian: ugyanez and related forms