szavát adja

Hungarian

Etymology

From the szav- stem of szó (“word”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix) +‎ ad (“to give”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix), literally “to give one's word”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɒvaːtɒɟːɒ]

Verb

szavát adja

1. (idiomatic) to give one's word, to promise

Usage notes

• The word order may be switched in certain sentence structures:

  Add a szavadat, hogy ezt nem csinálod többet! ― Give your word that you won't do this again!

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite forms of ad.
• The noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: szavamat, szavadat, szavát, szavunkat, szavatokat, szavukat.