napja
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
nap + -ja (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
napja
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of nap
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, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | napja | — |
| accusative | napját | — |
| dative | napjának | — |
| instrumental | napjával | — |
| causal-final | napjáért | — |
| translative | napjává | — |
| terminative | napjáig | — |
| essive-formal | napjaként | — |
| essive-modal | napjául | — |
| inessive | napjában | — |
| superessive | napján | — |
| adessive | napjánál | — |
| illative | napjába | — |
| sublative | napjára | — |
| allative | napjához | — |
| elative | napjából | — |
| delative | napjáról | — |
| ablative | napjától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
napjáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
napjáéi | — |