motorjának

Motorjának is a Hungarian grammatical form used to express possession in a nested noun phrase. It combines a base noun, motor (engine), with possessive and case-like endings to mean “of his/her/its engine” or “his engine’s.” The form is built from motor, the third-person possessive suffix -ja (which yields motorja, meaning his/her/its engine), and the linking -nak/-nek that marks the possession in a larger phrase. In practice, motorjának appears when the engine itself is the possessor of another noun, forming phrases such as motorjának a hangja or motorjának a hibája.

Usage and interpretation

- motorjának refers to the engine belonging to someone or something in the third person. It is most often found in phrases where the engine is the possessor of a further noun, or where the engine’s attributes are being described.

- Word order is flexible for emphasis: autójának a motorja (the engine of his car) or motorjának a hangja (the sound of his engine). The surrounding nouns and verbs determine the focus of the sentence.

Examples

- A motorjának a hangja nagyon hangos. (The sound of his engine is very loud.)

- A motorjának a hibája miatt le kellett állítani a gépet. (Because of the engine’s fault, we had to stop the machine.)

- Az autójának a motorja erős. (The engine of his car is powerful.)

See also

- Hungarian grammar

- Possessive suffixes in Hungarian

- Genitive constructions in Hungarian

Motorjának is a typical example of how Hungarian stacks possessive information within a noun phrase to express ownership and relationship between objects.