magyarázza a bizonyítványát

== Hungarian == === Etymology === Literally, “to explain one's report card”. From the title of a short story in Frigyes Karinthy's satirical short story collection Tanár úr kérem (Please, Sir!). In the story, a student tries to find excuses for his bad grades at the end of the school term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɒɟɒraːzːɒ ɒ ˈbizoɲiːtvaːɲaːt] === Verb === magyarázza a bizonyítványát (idiomatic) to find excuses, to explain oneself (to explain one's behavior or decisions at length in order to clarify oneself) Synonym: magyarázkodik ==== Conjugation ==== For the verb, see the definite conjugation of magyaráz. The noun bizonyítvány (“certificate; report card”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: bizonyítványomat, bizonyítványodat, bizonyítványát, bizonyítványunkat, bizonyítványotokat, bizonyítványukat.