r/hungarian • u/GladiusNuba • 2d ago

Which conjugation is correct in this phrase?

In the phrase feleségül vesz valakit, would the verb become definite if you include a personal name? I.e. feleségül veszi Annát?

Hálás vagyok a segítségért! :)

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u/ConsentireVideor 2d ago

Exactly. Feleségül vesz valakit, feleségül veszi őt/Annát/a barátnőjét.

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u/GladiusNuba 2d ago

Köszönöm!

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u/Atypicosaurus 2d ago

I see the reason of confusion, this thing with "feleségül" is likely unclear.

It's called the incorporated constituent (IC) which practically means that a word that turns the verb into a phrasal verb. The IC otherwise behaves just like a prefix except it's not written together with the verb. But it still likes to go in front of the verb and forms one unit. By the way, there is a prefixed verb meaning to marry someone, "elvesz", where you can clearly see you need the determined conjugation if there's a determined object (elveszi Annát).