sajttal

Sajttal is the Hungarian instrumental form of the noun sajt (cheese) used to indicate accompaniment or ingredient, equivalent to the English phrase “with cheese.” It is a standard grammatical form that appears in everyday speech, menus, and recipes when describing what accompanies a dish.

In usage, sajttal follows the noun it accompanies in phrases describing meals or ingredients. For example, kenyeret sajttal eszik means “he eats bread with cheese.” This construction is common in both spoken Hungarian and written menus, helping to specify what accompanies or is added to a dish.

It is important to distinguish sajttal from sajttál, a separate compound word meaning a cheese platter or cheese plate. Sajttal is not used to denote a plate; instead, sajttal denotes accompaniment, while sajttál refers to the actual serving arrangement of cheese.

Origins and grammar context: sajttal arises from standard Hungarian inflection for instrumental accompaniment. The form is regularly used and understood by speakers, and it illustrates how nouns can take instrumental forms to indicate what accompanies or ingredients in a dish.

See also: sajt, Hungarian grammar, sajttál.