Marking of function P on nouns (Hungarian)

PAff: The function P is marked with affixation.


(1) juli cikk-et ír.

Juli article-acc write.prs.3sg

‘Juli is writing an article.’


(2) juli ír-ja a cikk-et.

Juli write-prs.obj.3sg the article-acc

‘Juli is writing the article.’


(3) ő ír-ja a cikk-et.

(s)he write-prs.obj.3sg the article-acc

‘(S)he is writing the article.’


(4) juli énekel.

Juli sing.prs.3sg

‘Juli is singing.’


In Hungarian, the P is marked by the accusative suffix (-t) irrespective whether the conjugation of the verb is indefinite (1) or definite (2)–(3). The P is always marked, contrary to the A (1)–(3) and the S (4) functions. The marking of the P is not influenced by whether the A is presented by a noun (1)–(2) or a pronoun (3) (cf. Kugler 2000a: 104‒123, Kiefer 2003: 212‒222, Havas 2005, 2008, Csepregi 2010b, É. Kiss 2002, 2010, 2013).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás