Hozzáállásunkon

Hozzáállásunkon is a grammatical form in Hungarian built from the noun hozzáállás, which means attitude or approach. The form is created by adding the possessive suffix -unk, giving hozzáállásunk (our attitude), and then the locative suffix -on, yielding hozzáállásunkon (on our attitude). This combination functions as a locative complement in a sentence, indicating the reference point or locus for a statement, evaluation, or influence.

Usage and meaning: The phrase is used to indicate that something depends on, or is influenced by, one’s attitude. It commonly occurs in constructions with verbs that express dependence or influence, such as múlik (to depend) or befolyásol (to influence). For example, a sentence like The success depends on our attitude can be rendered as A siker a hozzáállásunkon múlik. In these contexts, hozzáállásunkon names the contextual factor whose status or quality affects the outcome.

Morphology and related forms: The base noun is hozzáállás. The possessive form for “our” is hozzáállásunk, and the locative form adds -on to produce hozzáállásunkon. Related forms include hozzáállások (attitudes, plural) and hozzállásunk (our attitude in the nominative/canonical form, without a locative ending). Hungarian employs similar locative constructions with other roots by combining location suffixes -on/-en/-ön with the appropriate possessive ending.

Etymology and context: Hozzáállás derives from a compound of hozzá- (toward, to) and állás (standing, position, stance). The term encompasses attitudes, approaches, and mindsets in social, educational, and organizational discourse, and the inflected form hozzáállásunkon appears whenever the discourse centers on the reference point of attitude in a given situation.