Az előfizető képes fizetni.

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Breakdown of Az előfizető képes fizetni.

• fizetni: to pay
• előfizető: a subscriber
• képes: capable

Questions & Answers about Az előfizető képes fizetni.

What does az mean, and why is it az rather than a?

Az is the definite article, so it means the.

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before a consonant sound
• az before a vowel sound

Because előfizető starts with a vowel, Hungarian uses az:

• az előfizető = the subscriber

If the next word began with a consonant, you would normally use a instead.

What does előfizető mean, and how is that word built?

Előfizető means subscriber.

It is built from:

• elő = before, in advance
• fizet = pay
• -ő = a suffix that can mean the one who does something

So the literal idea is something like one who pays in advance, which developed into subscriber.

What does the suffix -ő do in előfizető?