óta
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ota"
Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Postposition
[edit]óta
- since (a point in time)
- Hat óra óta dolgozom rajta. ― I've been working on it since six 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)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]1 This group of adverbs is often understood for humans when in an emphatic position.
In an unstressed position, they may also imply objects, always depending on context.
2 Adverbs ending in -á/-é may coincide with postpositions. [edit this template]
Further reading
[edit]- óta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.