barátja
Barátja is a Hungarian noun phrase that means “his/her friend.” It is formed from the noun barát (friend) plus the third-person possessive suffix -ja, producing a definite possessive construction equivalent to “his/her friend” in English. The possessor is identified by context (often a pronoun or proper name in the surrounding sentence), for example Gábor barátja, meaning “Gábor’s friend.”
Grammatical use and function: barátja functions as a noun and can serve as the subject or the
Pronunciation: barátja is pronounced roughly as bar-aht-yah, with the stress on the first syllable: BAR-aht-ya.
Etymology: The root barát meaning “friend” is a native Hungarian word that is generally believed to be
See also: Related terms include barát (friend), barátnő (girlfriend or female friend), and barátság (friendship). These