vásárlónak

Vásárlónak is the dative singular form of the Hungarian noun vásárló, meaning customer or buyer. It marks the indirect object or beneficiary in a sentence, corresponding roughly to “to the customer” or “for the customer” in English.

Formation and usage: The dative suffix in Hungarian is -nak/-nek. For a stem ending in a back vowel, the form is -nak, which yields vásárlónak after combining with the stem vásárló. This form is used with verbs and expressions that take a recipient or beneficiary, or to indicate that something is intended for someone.

Examples:

- Írj a vásárlónak levelet. (Write a letter to the customer.)

- A számlát a vásárlónak küldjük. (We will send the invoice to the customer.)

- A vásárlónak szóló információt adtuk át. (We provided information intended for the customer.)

Notes and related forms: Vásárló is the base noun in the nominative. Other cases include vásárlót (accusative, the direct object), vásárlóval (instrumental, with the customer), and the plural forms for each case. The dative vásárlónak is commonly used in business and consumer contexts to denote recipients, beneficiaries, or addressees. In English, the equivalent function is often expressed with “to/for the customer.”

See also: Hungarian grammar, noun declension, dative constructions in Hungarian.