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# {{lb|hu|verbal prefix}} {{n-gngd|Indicates actions with [[downward]] direction, either figuratively or literally.}}

#: {{m|hu|esik||to fall}} → {{m|hu|leesik|'''le'''esik||to fall down}}

#: {{m|hu|ül||to sit}} → {{m|hu|leül|'''le'''ül||to sit down}}

#: {{m|hu|néz||to look}} → {{m|hu|lenéz|'''le'''néz||to look down at (someone/something); to look down on (someone), to hold someone in contempt}}

#: {{m|hu|vezet||to drive}} → {{m|hu|levezet|'''le'''vezet||to drive down to (a town, a destination); to deduce something}}

#: {{m|hu|beszél||to talk}} → {{m|hu|lebeszél|'''le'''beszél||to dissuade}}

# {{lb|hu|verbal prefix}} {{n-gngd|Indicates [[perfection]].}}

#: {{m|hu|zár||to lock|id=to close}} → {{m|hu|lezár|'''le'''zár||to lock up}}

#: {{m|hu|fordít||to translate}} → {{m|hu|lefordít|'''le'''fordít||to (completely, thoroughly) translate}}

#: {{m|hu|vezet||to lead}} → {{m|hu|levezet|'''le'''vezet||to conduct (a meeting, a trial, etc.)}}

#: {{m|hu|fizet||to pay}} → {{m|hu|lefizet|'''le'''fizet||to pay off; to bribe}}

# {{lb|hu|verbal prefix}} {{n-gngd|Indicates the repeated or continuous performance of an action until something's depleted, exhausted, etc.}}

#: {{m|hu|beszél||to talk}} → {{m|hu|lebeszél|'''le'''beszél||to exhaust (something, usually one's phone credit) by talking}}

#: {{m|hu|vásárol||to buy}} → {{m|hu|levásárol|'''le'''vásárol||to claim (a coupon, etc.) and use up}}

#: {{m|hu|dolgozik||to work}} → {{m|hu|ledolgoz|'''le'''dolgoz||to work off (extra pounds); to work until one has the necessary amount of work hours because of substitutions, shift changes, holidays, etc.}}

#: {{m|hu|ül||to sit}} → {{m|hu|leül|'''le'''ül||to convert financial penalty into time spent in jail instead of paying}}

* {{l|vo|-ül}} ([[morpheme]] indicates [[young]] or [[offspring]], e.g. [[pijunül]], "[[squab]]", [[kvilül]], "[[eaglet]]", [[berül]], "[[bear cub]]" ; [[suffix]] that can show [[endearment]] or [[affection]] (often combining the idea of [[diminutiveness]]), e.g. [[fatül]], "[[dad]], [[daddy]]", [[lemotül]], "[[grandma]]", [[cilül]], "[[kid]], [[kiddie]]", [[Samül]], "[[Sam]], [[Sammy]]", [[diabül]], "[[imp]], [[demon]]", [[gladül]], "[[ice cube]]", [[vamül]] "[[lukewarmness]]")