"The women are writing the good book."
Translation:A nők írják a jó könyvet.
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I'm not Hungarian, but doesn't the third person verb conjugation "nek"/"nak" only apply to indefinite objects? If there's a "t" at the end of "könyv" that makes it an accusative object and thus the verb ending ják or ik ought to apply, if Ive understood this correctly.
EDIT: Nevermind, now that I'm looking at the sentence i see that the definite article has been shifted away from the book and onto the women. Man this stuff is tricky.
Why is the very irjak in the middle of the sentence? I can never seem tog et down when the verb goes in the middle or end of the sentence. I always put it at the end.
Think of it this way: whatever you put in front of the verb gets emphasized. So, when you "put the verb at the end", in fact you are putting what was at the end in front of the verb, thereby putting extra emphasis on it.
In some English texts, it was once common to refer to the Bible as "the good book". I know that Hungary tends to be a very Christian country, and I'm curious to know, if I hear a Hungarian person use the words "a jó könyvet" in this way, are they likely referring to a Bible?