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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-től
- (ablative case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -tól. See details there.
- A kerttől jobbra van egy utca. ― To the right from the garden there is a street.
- reggel héttől nyolcig ― from seven a.m. to eight a.m.
- decembertől ― since December
- Nehéz ezt megkülönböztetni az előzőtől. ― It's hard to distinguish this from the previous one.
Usage notes
- (ablative case suffix) Variants:
- -tól is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- alma (“apple”) → Ragad a keze az almától. ― Her hand is sticky from the apple.
- -től is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- zene (“music”) → A terem zenétől volt hangos. ― The hall was loud with music.
Hungarian case suffixes
Case
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Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú
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Front vowel
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unrounded e, é, i, í
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rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
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nominative
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—
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accusative
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-t
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-ot / -at
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-et
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-öt
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dative
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-nak
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-nek
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instrumental
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-val
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-vel
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causal-final
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-ért
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translative
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-vá
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-vé
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terminative
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-ig
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essive-formal
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-ként
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essive-modal
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-ul
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-ül
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inessive
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-ban
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-ben
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superessive
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-n
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-on
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-en
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-ön
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adessive
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-nál
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-nél
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illative
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-ba
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-be
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sublative
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-ra
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-re
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allative
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-hoz
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-hez
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-höz
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elative
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-ból
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-ből
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delative
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-ról
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-ről
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ablative
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-tól
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-től
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Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként
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See also