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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-vá/-vé (translative case suffix)
- into (expresses a change in state with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X")
- só (“salt”) → Lót felesége sóvá változott. ― Lot's wife turned into salt.
- fia (“his/her son”) → fiává fogad ― to adopt as one's son
Usage notes
- (translative case suffix) Variants:
- -vá is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- kutya (“dog”) → A varázsgyűrű kutyává változtatja az embert. ― The enchanted ring transforms people into dogs.
- -vé is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- medve (“bear”) → Héra medvévé változtatta Kallisztót. ― Hera transformed Callisto into a bear.
- When it is added to a word ending in a consonant, the v assimilates with the final consonant, and the final consonant becomes long:
- bolond (“fool”) + -vá → Bolonddá tett engem. ― He made a fool out of me. (literally, “made me into a fool”)
- hűvös (“cold”) + -vé → Az idő hűvössé vált. ― The weather turned cold. (literally, “turned into cold”)
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