German to Hungarian: recognizing somebody changes more than the object pronoun
German mich and dich do not choose the Hungarian ending by themselves
German IDS guidance distinguishes ich, mich and mir, and du, dich and dir, according to case. The object forms identify different grammatical relationships, but recognizing an accusative object is only the beginning of a German-to-Hungarian translation. Hungarian verb selection can also depend on which person that object represents.
The MagyarOK overview distinguishes first- and second-person object pronouns from third-person objects and formal address pronouns. It illustrates the difference through separate conjugation patterns. The relevant question is therefore not merely whether the German sentence has an object, but whether that object is me, you, another person or a formal addressee.
A German statement about recognizing the recipient can look structurally similar to one about recognizing another person. In Hungarian, substituting a pronoun without revisiting the verb may leave an inconsistent construction. Resolve the participants together: who recognizes whom, and whether the recipient is being addressed familiarly or formally.
I acting on you has a special pattern
MagyarOK gives Szeretlek téged and Látlak titeket among its examples for a first-person singular subject acting on a second-person object. Its explanation identifies the -lak/-lek ending for that combination. The pattern covers a specific relationship between subject and object; it is not a generic ending for any sentence containing you.
German ich supplies the speaker as subject, while dich or euch can identify familiar singular or plural addressees as objects. When that combination occurs, both source pronouns matter to the Hungarian verb. Changing the speaker to somebody else, or changing the object to a third person, changes the relationship that licensed the special pattern.
For a German personal message, do not treat an omitted or separately expressed Hungarian object as evidence that the verb ending is optional. The ending can already carry information about the I-to-you relationship. Conversely, a verb expressing that relationship should not be retained when a revised German message now discusses him or her instead.
Formal Sie needs its actual number resolved
German formal Sie takes third-person plural agreement even for one actual addressee, according to IDS. Its accusative form can likewise be Sie. Formal grammar alone therefore does not say whether the writer is addressing one client or several people.
The Hungarian overview lists Önt and Önöket as formal objects and associates them with definite conjugation. It contrasts those with familiar second-person object forms. A German formal object must consequently be resolved for actual number and address relationship before the corresponding Hungarian construction can be selected.
This is consequential in German messages saying that the writer is looking for or recognizing the recipient. A literal assumption that every Sie means several people can turn one client into a group. A literal assumption that every second-person reference takes the same Hungarian object pattern can erase the formal/familiar distinction. Preserve the actual people, then select pronoun and verb together. The Hungarian result may express participant information within the verb that German distributes across separate words, but the underlying relationship must remain the same.
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