kérését

Kérését is a Hungarian inflected form of the noun kérés, which means “request” or “appeal.” The form kérése+t (written as kérését) marks possession and definiteness together, translating roughly to “his/her/its request” in English. It is used when the speaker refers to a specific, identifiable request belonging to someone rather than to a generic or unspecified request.

Morphology and usage

The base noun kérés comes from the verb kérni, meaning “to ask.” To express “his/her/its request,” Hungarian adds the third-person possessive suffix -e- to create kérése, and then attaches the definite direct-object suffix -t, yielding kérését. This combination is typical when the speaker treats the request as a definite object of the verb.

Examples

- Megvizsgálták a kérését. (They examined his/her/its request.)

- Kérését figyelembe vették. (They took his/her/its request into account.)

- A vezető a kéréseket mérlegelte, köztük a legnagyobbat a kérést is megjegyezte. (Note: plural forms would be kéreléseket or kérésüket in other contexts.)

Context and registers

Kérését appears most commonly in written and formal contexts, including administrative, legal, or official correspondence, where specific individuals’ requests are referenced. In everyday speech, speakers more often use other forms such as kérése or az ő kérése, depending on definiteness and emphasis.

Related forms

The base kérés has related forms for different possessors and numbers (e.g., kérése, kéréseid, kéréseket) that adapt to person, number, and grammatical role within a sentence.