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English
Noun
essive-modal (uncountable)
- (grammar) The essive-modal case. In the Hungarian language this case can express the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").
Translations
the case that expresses the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or the manner in which the action is carried out
See also
- -ul, -ül (the forms of this case in Hungarian)