elé
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ele"
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Postposition edit
elé
- (to) in front of
- A macska a tévé elé ugrott. ― The cat jumped (to) in front of the television.
Derived terms edit
Expressions
Related terms edit
Pronoun edit
elé
- Synonym of eléje.
- Egy kocsi vágott be elé. ― A car cut in front of him/her.
Usage notes edit
This term may also be part of the split form of a verb prefixed with elé-, occurring when the main verb does not follow the prefix directly. It can be interpreted only with the related verb form, irrespective of its position in the sentence, e.g. meg tudták volna nézni (“they could have seen it”, from megnéz). For verbs with this prefix, see elé-; for an overview, Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes.
Declension edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- (postposition, [folksy] adverb and [archaic] verbal prefix): elé , the adverb partly redirecting to előre and the prefix redirecting to (2): elő
- (adverb [pronoun]): elé , redirecting to eléje 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
- elé in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)