beszédedre

Beszédedre is a Hungarian morphological construction formed from the noun beszéd (speech) combined with the second-person possessive suffix -ed and the allative suffix -re. The result, beszédedre, means roughly “to your speech” or “toward your speech,” depending on context. It is a form that appears in formal, literary, or linguistically explicit contexts rather than in everyday conversation.

Morphology and variants: The base noun beszéd can take possessive suffixes to express ownership, giving beszédem (my speech), beszéded (your speech), beszéde (his/her/its speech). The allative suffix -re is then attached to the possessed form, yielding beszédedre (to your speech). Other persons yield forms like beszédemre (to my speech) and beszédére (to his/her/its speech). The same pattern can apply to other nouns to indicate direction toward what is possessed.

Usage: Beszédedre is most often encountered in linguistic analysis, grammar descriptions, or stylistic writing to highlight the target or focus of an action or reference. It can express paying attention to or referring to someone’s speech, or directing discussion toward that speech. In everyday Hungarian, speakers more commonly use ellipses or simpler constructions such as a beszédre (to the speech) or refer to beszéde (his/her speech) without the allative.

Examples:

- A beszédedre figyeljetek, amikor a vita alatt beszéltek. (Pay attention to your speech as you speak during the debate.)

- Az író a beszédedre hivatkozott. (The author referred to your speech.)

Beszédedre thus serves as an illustrative example of how Hungarian can combine possession and direction to mark the target of an action or reference.