Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Plural

How to form the Plural in Hungarian

• The plural mark is the -k suffix added to the singular form, but not always. If the name is a possessed object, its plural is expressed by a specific suffix: a cég épületei "the buildings of the firm".
• Moreover, the noun does not take the plural form in all cases where it is two or more objects, persons or other beings, in particular when in front of the name there is an expression of the quantity: száz személy "hundred people", sok város “many cities”, minden tó “all the lakes”, néhány szó “a few words”.
• Likewise when it comes to body parts. When we say Fáj a szemem, Only the context can tell if it means "My eye hurts." Or "My eyes hurt."

Examples

• Barát (a friend) ➡ Barátok (some friends)
• Nő (one woman) ➡ Nők (some women)
• Elv (principle) ➡ Elvek.
• Bőrönd (suitcase) ➡ Bőröndök
• Daru (crane, a machinery) ➡ Daruk
• Daru (crane, a bird) ➡ Darvak

English Plural	Hungarian Plural
my book	(az én) könyvem ((but this is not plural))
my books	(az én) könyveim
I'm cold	fázom
we're cold	fázunk
our daughter	(a mi) lányunk
our daughters	(a mi) lányaink
his chickens	(az ő) csirkéi
their chicken	(az ő) csirkéik

Sources

• http://projetbabel.org/hongrois/grammaire_3_5.php
• https://mylanguages.org/

Related Lessons

• Questions
• Negation
• Nouns
• How to form the feminine
• Cardinal Numbers
• Plurals
• Possessor
• Possessed object
• Conditional Mood
• Adjectives
• Gender
• Future Tense