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-ben

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ben

  1. (inessive case suffix) Front-vowel variant of -ban. See more details there.

Usage notes

  • (inessive case suffix) Variants:
    -ban is added to back-vowel words. Final -a changes to .
    ház (house) + -bana házban (in the house)
    alma (apple) + -banaz almában (in the apple)
    -ben is added to front-vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-
    kert (garden) + -bena kertben (in the garden)
    béke (peace) + -benbékében (in peace)
More information case, back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú ...

1 Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except before -ként.
    almaalmában, but almaként
    zenezenében, but zeneként

See also

More information case, suffix ...

1Ő and őt refer to human beings; the forms below them might be construed likewise.
Forms in parentheses are uncommon. All Hungarian pronouns / edit this template

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Japanese

Romanization

-ben

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べん

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