====== Hungarian Possessive ======
===== Examples ======

==== 1st person singular ====

Van egy bicikli**m**. – I have a bicycles. (There is my one bicycle.)

Nincs pénz**//e//m**. – I have no money. (There is not my money.)

Van egy ház**//a//m**. – I have a house. (There is my house.)

Nincs barát**//o//m**. I have no friend. (There is not my friend.)

Van két főnök**//ö//m**. – I have two bosses. (There is my two boss.)

==== 2nd person singular ====

Van két bicikli**d**. – You have two bicycles. (There is your two bicycle.)

Nincs ház**//a//d**. – You have no house. (There is not your two bicycle.)

Van sok pénz**//e//d**. – You have a lot of money. (There is a lot of your money.)

Van sok bará**t//o//d**. – You have a lot of friends. (There is a lot of your friend.)

Van egy főnök**//ö//d**. – You have a boss. (There is your boss.)


==== 3rd person singular ====

Van egy ház**a**. – He/she/it has a house. (There is his/her/its one house.)

Nincs barát**//j//a**. – He/she/it has no friends. (There is not his/her/its friend.)

Nincs szem**e**. – He/she/it has no eyes. (There is not his/her/its eye.)

Van bicikli**//j//e**. – He/she/it has a bicycle. (There is not his/her/its bicycle.)

==== 1st person plural ====


Van három bicikli**nk**. – We have three bicycles. (There is our three bicycle.)

Van két ház**//u//nk**. – We have two houses. (There is our two house.)

Van két szem**//ü//nk**. – We have two eyes. (There is our two eye.)


==== 2nd person plural ====


Van négy bicikli**t//e//k**. – You (plural) have four bicycles. (There is your (plural) four bicycle.)

Van két szeme**t//e//k**. – You (plural) have two eyes. (There is your (plural) two eye.)

Nincs autót**//o//k**. – You (plural) have no car. (There is not your (plural) car.)

Van sok baráto**t//o//k**. – You (plural) have a lot of friends. (There is a lot of your (plural) friend.)

Van négy háza**t//o//k**. – You (plural) have four houses. (There is your (plural) four house.)

Nincs idő**t//ö//k**. – You (plural) have no time. (There is not your (plural) time.)

Van két főnökö**t//ö//k**. – You (plural) have two bosses. (There is your (plural) two boss.)


==== 3rd person plural ====


Van három ház**//u//k**. – They have three houses. (There is their three house.)

Van három autó**//ju//k**. – They have three cars. (There is their three car.)

Van két szem**//ü//k**. – They have two eyes. (There is their two eye.)

Van két bicikli**//jü//k**. – They have two bicycles. (There is their two bicycle.)


===== Endings ======
^  Person  ^  Stem ends in vowel  ^  Stem ends in consonant  ^
^  1st singular  |  -**m**  |  -am/-om/-em/-öm  |
^  2nd singular  |  -**d**  |  -ad/-od/-ed/-öd  |
^  3rd singular  |  -ja/-je  |  -**a**/-**e**  |
^  1st plural  |  -**nk**  |  -unk/-ünk  |
^  2nd plural  |  -**t**o**k**/-**t**e**k**/-**t**ö**k**  |  -atok/-otok/-etek/-ötök  |
^  3rd plural  |  -juk/-jük  |  -u**k**/-ü**k**  |


===== Vowel harmony =====


There are two groups of vowels in Hungarian:

  * back (low) vowels: a, á, o, ó, u, ú
  * front (high) vowels: e, é, i, í, ö, ő, ü, ű

As a rule of the thumb, the vowels in the ending (including the linking vowels) depend on the last vowel of the stem as follows: a back vowel in the stem is followed by back vowels, and a front vowel is followed by front vowels.

(Actually, the unrounded front vowels -- //i// and //í//, as well as //é// and //e// --  are neutral or transparent. This means that if there are transparent vowels at the end of the stem, they won't influence the following vowels, and the last non-transparent vowel determines the ending instead. In other words, the ending will mostly have a back vowel after netural vowels.)

This phenomenon is called vowel harmony, and it is true for almost all endings in Hungarian. Vowel harmony is present in some other languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel_harmony