Word
Évente fizetek a szolgáltatásért.
Meaning
I pay for the service every year.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Évente fizetek a szolgáltatásért.
az
the
fizetni
to pay
szolgáltatás
a service
évente
annually or every year
Questions & Answers about Évente fizetek a szolgáltatásért.
Why is évente used here, and what exactly does it mean grammatically?
Évente is an adverb meaning yearly, per year, or every year.
It is built from év (year) plus an adverb-forming ending, so it functions as a time/frequency expression rather than as a noun.
So:
- év = year
- évente = yearly / annually / every year
In this sentence, évente tells you how often the action happens.
A close alternative is:
- minden évben = every year
The difference is mostly style:
- évente = shorter, more compact, often a bit more neutral or businesslike
- minden évben = very common in everyday speech too
Why is the verb fizetek and not something like fizetem?