-hoz
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-hoz/-hez/-höz (allative case suffix)
- (of location) to (question word: hova? (“where? to which place?”))
- Elmentünk az orvoshoz. ― We went to the doctor.
- Egy fához kötötte a lovat. ― He tied the horse to a tree.
- (of time) from
- mához egy hétre ― a week from today
- (in set phrases) The corresponding English translation may or may not have a preposition.
- Fiatalon ment férjhez. ― She married at a young age.
- A kert a házhoz tartozik. ― The garden belongs to the house.
- With verbs prefixed with hozzá-.
- Javaslataimmal hozzájárultam a csoportunk sikereihez.
- I contributed to the success of our group with my suggestions.
Usage notes
[edit]- (allative case suffix) Variants:
- -hoz is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
- fa (“tree”) → Odamentek a fához. ― They went to the tree.
- -hez is added to unrounded front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
- zene (“music”) → Szöveget írtunk a zenéhez. ― We wrote lyrics to the music.
- -höz is added to rounded front-vowel words
- szótő (“stem”) → A rag a szótőhöz járul. ― The suffix is added to the stem.
- -hoz is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
Hungarian case suffixes
Case | Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú |
Front vowel | |
---|---|---|---|
unrounded e, é, i, í |
rounded ö, ő, ü, ű | ||
nominative | — | ||
accusative | -t | ||
-ot / -at | -et | -öt | |
dative | -nak | -nek | |
instrumental | -val | -vel | |
causal-final | -ért | ||
translative | -vá | -vé | |
terminative | -ig | ||
essive-formal | -ként | ||
essive-modal | -ul | -ül | |
inessive | -ban | -ben | |
superessive | -n | ||
-on | -en | -ön | |
adessive | -nál | -nél | |
illative | -ba | -be | |
sublative | -ra | -re | |
allative | -hoz | -hez | -höz |
elative | -ból | -ből | |
delative | -ról | -ről | |
ablative | -tól | -től | |
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként. alma — almában, but almaként zene ― zenében, but zeneként |