Anna könyve: Possessive Phrases

To say Anna's book, put the owner first and leave it unchanged. The owned noun takes the 3rd-person ending -a/-e or -ja/-je: Anna könyve, Magyarország fővárosa. Several common nouns change their stem:

• név → neve, levél → levele, víz → vize, kéz → keze
• ajtó → ajtaja, tető → teteje, ló → lova, fiú → fia
• anya → anyja, apa → apja, pohár → pohara, étterem → étterme

The forms ajtója and tetője are also correct. If the owner has more than one thing, the ending becomes -i: a fa levelei (the tree's leaves), Zoli barátai (Zoli's friends). The owner can also take -nak/-nek. The owned noun then keeps its article: a szomszédnak a kutyája (the neighbour's dog).