Where will they go?

A follower asked "How about where they will go Sir?"

First, we'll need a question word. If you are asking about the direction of a movement, you should use hova or hová. Think of the following dialogue: 

A: "Where are you going?" 

B: "I'm going to the cinema." 

Hova or hová expresses the idea of "where to?".  If you are asking about a location, you use hol? Hol is incorrect if your question is about directions. Pay attention to this, because in English, "where" is used in both cases. 

Back to the original question "Where will they go?"

1. Ők hova mennek? Hova mennek?    

  • ők mennek or simply mennek: they are going or they go. There is no continuous tense in Hungarian, so mennek is the only present tense form. Note that present tense can be used to express future activities if it is obvious from the context, or there is an adverb of time referring to future. For exapmle, Ők holnap hova mennek? Holnap = "tomorrow". 

 

2. Ők hova fognak menni? Hova fognak menni?    

  • the structure fog ...-ni expresses future tense. Fog is an auxiliary verb. Fognak ...-ni = "they will ..."

 

3. Ők majd hova mennek? Ők hova mennek majd? 

  • majd + present also expresses future tense. Majd has no other forms so it remains unchanged if you use it with any of the singular and plural forms of the verb. 

 

 

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