állja a szavát
Hungarian
Etymology
áll (“to stand”) + -ja (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + szó (“word”) + -a (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to stand one's word”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈaːjːɒ ɒ ˈsɒvaːt]
Verb
állja a szavát
- (idiomatic) to abide by one's promise, to be as good as one's word (to be faithful to a promise one has made)
Conjugation
- For the verb, see the definite conjugation of áll.
- The noun szó (“word”) takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: szavam/szavamat, szavad/szavadat, szavát, szavunkat, szavatokat, szavukat.
- Állom a szavam. ― I am a man of my word.
- Állod a szavad? ― Are you going to keep your word?
- Állták a szavukat. ― They kept their promises.