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Does the 'be' in 'Menjen be villamoson a belvárosba.' mean 'go into the downtown' or 'go into a streetcar'? Is there a rule for a verbal particle like corresponding to the same particle on a noun or pointing to the word right after the verb or there is no rule?
Does the 'be' in 'Menjen be villamoson a belvárosba.' mean 'go into the downtown' or 'go into a streetcar'? Is there a rule for a verbal particle like corresponding to the same particle on a noun or pointing to the word right after the verb or there is no rule?
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The ,be'mean, go into the downtown'.Go into the downtown with streetcar.
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Since 'Menjen be' is the main verb,we'd need an adverb that answers the question 'Hová' (Where?),which in this sentence can only be 'a belvárosba'.'Villamoson' answers the question 'Mivel?' or 'Hogyan?',which isn't what we're looking for.The subject is omitted here (ő).
Breaking down a sentence like this can help,but it can be confusing too sometimes
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Instead of ‘villamoson’ maybe use ‘villamossal’ (-val, -vel - with) meaning ‘by tram’ -literally ‘with tram’ to avoid confusion.
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To put it another way, if a particle like "be" is standing alone, there is a good chance that it is not attached to the noun. Why? Because particles attached to nouns get glued to their end (cf. "város" becomes "városba"). Therefore the "be" in "be a villamoson" does not refer to the tram (and besides, "villamoson" already has a particle that specifies location and it cannot take two), which means it is either standing alone or is attached to the verb.
In this case, the verb is actually "bemegy", and because it is in the imperative, the igekötő "be" gets split and put after the verb. No Hungarians parse the verb as "megy" + "be a villamosonba" which is I think what you were asking.
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