megállja a helyét

Hungarian

Etymology

megáll (“to stand”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + hely (“place”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally: "to stand one's place".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡaːjːɒ ɒ ˈhɛjeːt]

Verb

megállja a helyét

1. (idiomatic) to do well, to cope, to manage, to thrive

Conjugation

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

Megálltam a helyemet. ― I did well.

Megállták a helyüket. ― They did well.