-ben

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ben"

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bɛn]

Suffix

-ben

  1. (case suffix) in. Used to form the inessive case.
    kert (“garden”) → a kertben (“in the garden”)

Usage notes
   Hungarian case suffixes
Case Back vowel
a, á, o, ó, u, ú		 Front vowel
unrounded
e, é, i, í		 rounded
ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative —
accusative -t
-ot / -at -et -öt
dative -nak -nek
instrumental -val -vel
causal-final -ért
translative -vá -vé
terminative -ig
essive-formal -ként
essive-modal -ul -ül
inessive -ban -ben
superessive -n
-on -en -ön
adessive -nál -nél
illative -ba -be
sublative -ra -re
allative -hoz -hez -höz
elative -ból -ből
delative -ról -ről
ablative -tól -től
Note for all endings:
Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.
    alma - almában, but almaként
    zene - zenében, but zeneként
  • (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -ban is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á.
    ház (“house”) → a házban (“in the house”)
    alma (“apple”) → az almában (“in the apple”)
    -ben is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-
    kert (“garden”) → a kertben (“in the garden”)
    béke (“peace”) → békében (“in peace”)

See also
  • benn
  • benne
  • Category:Hungarian words taking -ban/-ben
  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Japanese

Romanization

-ben

  1. Rōmaji transcription of べん
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