óta
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ota"
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editPostposition
editóta
- since (a point in time)
- Hat óra óta dolgozom rajta. ― I've been working on it since eight 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
editSee also
edit1 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 Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN