tartalmazhatja

Tartalmazhatja is a Hungarian verb form derived from tartalmazni (to contain). It expresses possibility or likelihood, roughly translating to “it may contain” or “could include.” The form combines the verb root tartalmaz with the suffix -hat/-het (indicating possibility) and a third‑person definite‑object suffix -ja, which is used when referring to a specific object that appears earlier in the sentence. In practice, tartalmazhatja is used when the speaker is not asserting certainty but indicating that a given item might be present.

Morphology and usage can be illustrated with examples. For instance: “A lista tartalmazhatja a következő elemeket.” (The list may contain the following elements.) and “A dokumentum tartalmazhatja ezt a mellékletet.” (The document may contain this appendix.) The form is common in formal, technical, or cautious language, such as product labels, safety notices, academic writing, and contractual or procedural texts, where it is important to indicate possibility rather than certainty.

Translations and related forms: tartalmazhatja corresponds to the English “it may contain” or “it could include.” Related Hungarian forms include tartalmaz (present simple “contains”) and tartalmazhat (the bare form “may contain”), as well as caveats like tartalmazhatná (could it contain it under different conditions). The exact object pronoun or noun phrase following tartalmazhatja will depend on the context and whether the object is definite.

See also: Hungarian grammar on the -hat/-het suffix for possibility and the definite-object suffixes -ja/-je used with verbs.