hogy = how, that
A follower asked me to talk about the meanings of hogy.
Hogy is a short form of the question word hogyan, so it should be no surprise that hogy is used in questions like
- Hogy vagy? = How are you?
- Hogy mondtad? = How did you say that?
Hogy is also a conjunction, i.e. a word connecting two clauses, like "that" in English.
- Azt akarom mondani, hogy... = I want to say that...
We use a comma before hogy.
It is not unusual to have sentences with both of them:
- Azt akarom kérdezni, hogy hogy vagy. = "I want to ask you that how are you".
Finally, a double hogy: hogyhogy?
We say this when we are surprised to hear something unexpected. Something like "how come?", "how is it possible?", or simply a substitute to "why?" expressing surprise.
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♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation