-ben

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛn]

Suffix

-ben

1. (case suffix) in. Used to form the inessive case.

   kert (“garden”) → a kertben (“in the garden”)

Usage notes

   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

• (case suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ban is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á.

  ház (“house”) → a házban (“in the house”)

  alma (“apple”) → az almában (“in the apple”)

  -ben is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-

  kert (“garden”) → a kertben (“in the garden”)

  béke (“peace”) → békében (“in peace”)

See also

• benn
• benne
• Category:Hungarian words taking -ban/-ben
• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Japanese

Romanization

-ben

1. Rōmaji transcription of べん