A próbafülke előtt kiválogatjuk a szoknyákat.

Próbafülke means fitting room, changing booth, or changing cubicle.

It is a compound noun:

• próba = trying, trial
• fülke = booth, cubicle

Hungarian very often writes compounds as one word, so próbafülke is completely normal.

A is the Hungarian definite article, meaning the.

So:

• a próbafülke = the fitting room
• a szoknyákat = the skirts

Hungarian has two forms of the definite article:

• a before consonants
• az before vowels

Since próbafülke and szoknyákat both begin with consonants, the article is a.

Here előtt means in front of.

So:

• a próbafülke előtt = in front of the fitting room

Hungarian előtt can also mean before in a time sense, but with a place like próbafülke, the spatial meaning in front of is the natural one.

Because előtt is a postposition, not a preposition.

English uses prepositions:

• in front of the fitting room

Hungarian often uses postpositions:

• a próbafülke előtt
• literally: the fitting room in-front-of

So the noun phrase comes first, and előtt comes after it.

Many Hungarian postpositions take a noun phrase in its basic form, without an additional case ending. Előtt is one of them.

So you simply say:

• a próbafülke előtt

not something like:

• a próbafülkén előtt
• a próbafülkében előtt

The location relationship is expressed by előtt itself.

Kiválogatjuk means something like we pick out, we select, or we sort out.

It can be broken down like this:

• ki- = out
• válogat = select, sort, choose carefully
• -juk = we with a definite object

The prefix ki- adds the sense of choosing something out from a larger group. So kiválogatjuk is more like we pick out the ones we want than just we are looking at them.

Because Hungarian is using the definite conjugation.

The object is a szoknyákat = the skirts, which is definite, so the verb agrees with that by using a definite verb form:

• kiválogatjuk = we pick them out / we select them

If the object were indefinite, Hungarian would normally use the indefinite conjugation instead:

• szoknyákat válogatunk = we are selecting skirts

So this is a very common pattern:

• definite object → definite verb form

Because Hungarian verb endings already show the subject.

In kiválogatjuk, the ending tells you that the subject is we. So Hungarian usually does not need a separate pronoun.

A pronoun like mi = we can be added, but usually only for emphasis or contrast.

Szoknyákat is the plural accusative form of szoknya.

Step by step:

• szoknya = skirt
• szoknyák = skirts
• szoknyákat = skirts as a direct object

The -t marks the accusative, which is used for the direct object of the verb.

So:

• kiválogatjuk a szoknyákat = we pick out the skirts

Yes:

• base noun: szoknya
• plural marker: -k
• accusative marker: -t

In practice, Hungarian inserts/linkes vowels as needed, so the final form becomes:

• szoknyákat

This is one of those forms that is best learned as a whole at first, while also noticing the two important endings:

• plural -k
• accusative -t

The sentence is:

• A próbafülke előtt = location
• kiválogatjuk = verb
• a szoknyákat = object

So the structure is roughly:

location + verb + object

That gives a natural meaning like:

• In front of the fitting room, we pick out the skirts.

Yes. Hungarian word order is flexible, and changing it often changes focus or emphasis, not just style.

This sentence is fairly neutral, with a próbafülke előtt setting the scene first.

If you wanted to emphasize the skirts, Hungarian could rearrange things. In focused structures, the verbal prefix often moves away from the verb, for example:

• A szoknyákat válogatjuk ki a próbafülke előtt.

That has a stronger focus on the skirts.

So word order in Hungarian is not random, but it is more flexible than in English.

Yes. Kiválogatjuk is present tense: we pick out / we select.

Depending on context, Hungarian present tense can sometimes refer to a near future action too, but in grammar terms this form is present.

Válogatjuk means we are selecting / sorting / choosing.

Kiválogatjuk adds ki-, which often gives the sense of:

• choosing out
• separating out the ones you want
• finishing the selection from a larger set

So kiválogatjuk sounds more like we pick out the skirts than just we sort through the skirts.