| More on this: szolga = servant + l = verb-forming suffix [1] + tat = causative suffix [2] + ás = gerund-forming suffix, makes a verbal noun from a verb [3] + ai = marker for plural possession [4] + ért = causal-final suffix, denotes the reason for the action [5] These suffixes are morphemes you can (with some simple rules) just add to words to achieve the corresponding change in meaning. In CS terms, they're functions that take the input word and make a new one. Each one of the above, used somewhere else: winter -> to spend the winter: tél + l -> telel to read -> to make them read: olvas + tat -> olvastat to read -> the reading: olvas + ás -> olvasás house -> his houses: ház + ai -> házai house -> because of, affecting the house: ház + ért -> házért [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-l#Hungarian [2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-tat#Hungarian [3] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-%C3%A1s#Hungarian [4] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ai#Hungarian [5] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-%C3%A9rt |