megállja a helyét

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɡaːjːɒ ɒ ˈhɛjeːt]

Verb edit

megállja a helyét

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

Conjugation edit

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.