illatívusz
Into the house
Motion into an interior — a room, a city abroad, a party, a language.
-ba/-be is motion into an interior: a room, a box, a party, a foreign city or country. It answers hová? — where to?
Endings
-ba · -be
Illative · into · space triad, goal
When not to use it
Not for Hungarian towns or Hungary itself. Those take the surface triad, so Budapestre and Magyarországra, never Budapestbe.
Tell them apart
Párizsba utazunk.
We’re travelling to Paris.
Pécsre utazunk.
We’re travelling to Pécs.
Foreign places you go into; Hungarian places you go onto.
Notes
- A házba megyek — I go into the house.
- Foreign cities and countries use this triad: Londonba, Németországba.
- Hungarian cities use the surface triad instead: Budapestre.
Examples
Bemegyek a szobába.
I go into the room.
Párizsba utazunk.
We’re travelling to Paris.
Tedd a dobozba.
Put it into the box.
Németországba költözött.
She moved to Germany.
Elmegyünk a buliba.
We’re going to the party.