magában beszél

Hungarian

Etymology

From maga (“oneself”) +‎ -ban (“in”, case suffix) +‎ beszél (“to speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɒɡaːbɒmbɛseːl]

Verb

magában beszél

1. (idiomatic) to talk to oneself (to say one's thoughts aloud, particularly while also not conversing with anyone else)

   Az óvónő észrevette, hogy a kisfiú gyakran magában beszél.

   The kindergarten teacher noticed that the little boy often talks to himself.

Conjugation

• For the verb, see beszél.
• The pronoun maga takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the inessive case suffix: magamban, magadban, magában, magunkban, magatokban, magukban.