éve
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈeːvɛ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: éve
- Rhymes: -vɛ
Noun
éve
Usage notes
The above possessive forms of time units often express the time past: with a durative verb (often in the present-tense), an action or event that has (had, will have) been going on for a given time until the given moment, or with an instantaneous verb (in the past tense), an action or event that happened a certain time ago or before. For example:
- Fél órája várom a vonatot. ― I have been waiting for the train for half an hour.
- Fél órája vártam a vonatot. ― I had been waiting for the train for half an hour (or: I waited, I was waiting for the train half an hour ago).
- Fél órája (= fél órával ezelőtt) érkeztem meg. ― I arrived half an hour ago.
- Fél órája (= fél órával előtte/korábban/azelőtt) érkeztem meg. ― I (had) arrived half an hour before.
Of course, the usual possessive sense is also possible in different types of sentences:
- Fél órája volt még a vizsgáig. ― He had half an hour left until the exam.
(The equivalent French phrase il y a is also constructed with an apparent possessive, although this Hungarian possessive can also correspond to depuis.) See also the entries of the possessive suffixes: -a/-e/-ja/-je for more examples.
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | éve | — |
accusative | évét | — |
dative | évének | — |
instrumental | évével | — |
causal-final | évéért | — |
translative | évévé | — |
terminative | évéig | — |
essive-formal | éveként | — |
essive-modal | évéül | — |
inessive | évében | — |
superessive | évén | — |
adessive | événél | — |
illative | évébe | — |
sublative | évére | — |
allative | évéhez | — |
elative | évéből | — |
delative | évéről | — |
ablative | évétől | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
évéé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
évééi | — |
Alternative forms
- evén, évén, edve (the latter is dialectal)[1]
Usage notes
This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- éve (…) meg, meg … éve ― megéve ― megeszik
References
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