ideje
Hungarian
editEtymology
editidő + -je (possessive suffix)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editideje
Usage notes
editThe 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 | ideje | — |
| accusative | idejét | — |
| dative | idejének | — |
| instrumental | idejével | — |
| causal-final | idejéért | — |
| translative | idejévé | — |
| terminative | idejéig | — |
| essive-formal | idejeként | — |
| essive-modal | idejéül | — |
| inessive | idejében | — |
| superessive | idején | — |
| adessive | idejénél | — |
| illative | idejébe | — |
| sublative | idejére | — |
| allative | idejéhez | — |
| elative | idejéből | — |
| delative | idejéről | — |
| ablative | idejétől | — |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
idejéé | — |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
idejééi | — |