tanúja
See also: tanuja
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
tanú (“witness”) + -ja (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanúja
- third-person singular single-possession possessive of tanú
- Tanúja voltam a tegnapi vitának. ― I witnessed yesterday’s discussion. (literally, “I was a witness of the…”)
- Tanúja volt annak, hogy a rendőrség könnygázt vetett be a tüntetők ellen. ― S/he witnessed the police using tear gas against the demonstrators.
Usage notes edit
It is commonly used followed by the appropriate form of van (“to be”) (omitted in the third-person present indicative as usual) to express to witness (to see or gain knowledge of through experience, literally “to be the witness of [an event or the fact that…]”), hence with -nak/-nek. When referring to multiple people, its plural form tanúi can be used.
Declension edit
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | tanúja | — |
| accusative | tanúját | — |
| dative | tanújának | — |
| instrumental | tanújával | — |
| causal-final | tanújáért | — |
| translative | tanújává | — |
| terminative | tanújáig | — |
| essive-formal | tanújaként | — |
| essive-modal | tanújául | — |
| inessive | tanújában | — |
| superessive | tanúján | — |
| adessive | tanújánál | — |
| illative | tanújába | — |
| sublative | tanújára | — |
| allative | tanújához | — |
| elative | tanújából | — |
| delative | tanújáról | — |
| ablative | tanújától | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
tanújáé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
tanújáéi | — |