megállja a helyét

Hungarian

Etymology

megáll (“to stand”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ hely (“place”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to stand one's place”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡaːjːɒ ɒ ˈhɛjeːt]

Verb

megállja a helyét

1. (idiomatic) to hold one's own, to do well, to cope, to manage, to thrive (to demonstrate oneself to be capable)

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite forms of megáll.
• The noun hely takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: helyemet, helyedet, helyét, helyünket, helyeteket, helyüket.

Megálltam a helyemet. ― I did well.

Megállták a helyüket. ― They did well.