essive-modal

English

Noun

essive-modal (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

Translations

the case that expresses the state, capacity, task in which somebody is or the manner in which the action is carried out

German: Essiv-Modal m Hungarian: essivus-modalis

See also

• -ul, -ül (the forms of this case in Hungarian)

Further reading

• essive-modal case on Wikipedia.Wikipedia