napja
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
nap + -ja (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
napja
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of nap
Usage notes[edit]
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[edit]
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | napja | — |
accusative | napját | — |
dative | napjának | — |
instrumental | napjával | — |
causal-final | napjáért | — |
translative | napjává | — |
terminative | napjáig | — |
essive-formal | napjaként | — |
essive-modal | napjául | — |
inessive | napjában | — |
superessive | napján | — |
adessive | napjánál | — |
illative | napjába | — |
sublative | napjára | — |
allative | napjához | — |
elative | napjából | — |
delative | napjáról | — |
ablative | napjától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
napjáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
napjáéi | — |