éve
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
éve
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of év
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, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | éve | — |
| accusative | évét | — |
| dative | évének | — |
| instrumental | évével | — |
| causal-final | évéért | — |
| translative | évévé | — |
| terminative | évéig | — |
| essive-formal | éveként | — |
| essive-modal | évéül | — |
| inessive | évében | — |
| superessive | évén | — |
| adessive | événél | — |
| illative | évébe | — |
| sublative | évére | — |
| allative | évéhez | — |
| elative | évéből | — |
| delative | évéről | — |
| ablative | évétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
évéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
évééi | — |
Etymology 2 edit
From the lengthened e- stem of eszik + -ve (adverbial-participle suffix).
Alternative forms edit
Participle edit
éve
- (rare) adverbial participle of eszik
Usage notes edit
This form normally occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb: