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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Postposition
óta
- since (a point in time)
- Hat óra óta dolgozom rajta. ― I've been working on it since eight o'clock.
- since a person's time, since a person's work
- Napóleon óta nem történt ilyen. ― Such a thing hasn't happened since Napoleon's time.
- (less common in this sense) for (a duration of time)
- Évek óta itt vagyok. ― I've been here for years.
- Synonym: (more common if the noun is preceded by a numeral) -a/-e/-ja/-je
Derived terms
Further reading
- óta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN