személyragát

Személyragát is a Hungarian term that translates to "personal pronoun" in English. In Hungarian grammar, személyragát refers to the suffixes attached to the end of nouns, adjectives, or verbs to indicate possession by a specific person. These suffixes are crucial for conveying who owns or is associated with the modified word.

There are three main persons in Hungarian: first person (I/we), second person (you), and third person (he/she/it/they). Each person has singular and plural forms, and the személyragát changes accordingly. For example, to indicate "my book," you would add the first-person singular possessive suffix to the word for "book." Similarly, "your house" would use a different suffix to denote the second-person possessive.

These possessive suffixes are essential for constructing grammatically correct and semantically clear sentences in Hungarian. They are distinct from personal pronouns like "én" (I) or "te" (you) which function as subjects or objects, whereas személyragát directly modifies another word to show ownership. The system of személyragát is a fundamental aspect of Hungarian morphology and is learned early in language acquisition. Understanding and correctly applying these suffixes is key to fluency in the language.