No. 760 in Hungarian
betegek
"Patients" or "sick people."
In a sentence
Az orvos a betegeket vizsgálja.
The doctor is examining the patients.
In this sentence, 'betegek' is the plural form of 'beteg' (sick person, patient), in the accusative case, which is indicated by adding the '-et' suffix as the object of the verb.
Szerencsére a betegek gyorsan felgyógyultak.
Fortunately, the patients recovered quickly.
Here, 'betegek' is in its plural nominative form, serving as the subject indicating multiple individuals who were previously sick.
A betegek szobájából hallatszik a zaj.
The noise is coming from the patients' room.
In this example, 'betegek' is the plural form of 'beteg', and the sentence uses the possessive construction, with the word modifying 'szobából' (from the room).
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