-vé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ve"
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-vé
- (case suffix) Used to form the translative case. It indicates a change in state with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X".
- kő (“stone”) → kővé dermed ― become petrified
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:
- -vá is added to back vowel nouns. Final -a changes to -á-.
- kutya (“dog”) → A varázsgyűrű kutyává változtatja az embert. ― The enchanted ring transforms people into dogs.
- -vé is added to front vowel nouns. Final -e changes to -é-.
- medve (“bear”) → Héra medvévé változtatta Kallisztót. ― Hera transformed Callisto into a bear.
- -vá is added to back vowel nouns. Final -a changes to -á-.
- When it is added to a word ending in a consonant, the v assimilates with the final consonant, and the final consonant becomes long: