alanyeset
The dictionary form
The bare stem. Subjects, predicate nouns, and the form you look up.
No ending at all. The nominative is the bare stem: the subject of a sentence, the word after ‘this is’, and the form you look up in a dictionary. Every other case on this desk is built on top of it.
Endings
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Nominative · subject / dictionary form
When not to use it
Not for the thing a verb acts on. That takes the accusative -t: ‘I see the house’ is Látom a házat, never Látom a ház.
Tell them apart
A ház nagy.
The house is big.
Látom a házat.
I see the house.
The subject stays bare; the object takes -t.
Notes
- A ház nagy — the house is big. No suffix, no article required for the grammar.
- After numbers and quantity words the noun stays nominative singular: három ház, sok ember.
Examples
A lány olvas.
The girl is reading.
Ez egy ház.
This is a house.
Péter tanár.
Péter is a teacher.
Három ház áll itt.
Three houses stand here.
Sok ember vár.
A lot of people are waiting.