Word order of quantifiers (Hungarian)

QuantN: Quantifiers precede the nouns they modify.


(1) mindegyik nyelv értékes.

every language valuable

‘Every language is valuable.’


(2) minden nap hat-kor kel-ünk.

every day six-tem wake_up-prs.1pl

‘We wake up every day at 6.’


In Hungarian, universal quantifiers (just as other noun modifiers) precede the noun (cf. Kenesei et al. 1998: 96, É. Kiss 2002: 105‒110, Kugler‒Laczkó 2000: 170‒172).

Author: 

Nikolett F. Gulyás