transzlatívusz
Turning into something
Becoming something. Same v-assimilation as the instrumental.
-vá/-vé is the ending of transformation: what a thing turns into. It behaves like the instrumental, so after a consonant the v disappears and doubles that consonant.
Endings
-vá · -vé
Translative · into (a change of state)
When not to use it
Not for motion into a place — that is -ba/-be. Békává változott is ‘turned into a frog’; békába would mean moving inside one.
Tell them apart
A szobába ment.
He went into the room.
Békává változott.
He turned into a frog.
-ba is a destination; -vá is a new state.
Notes
- Jéggé válik — it turns into ice.
- Orvossá lett — he became a doctor.
- Back: -vá. Front: -vé. After a consonant: vízzé, tanárrá.
Examples
A herceg békává változott.
The prince turned into a frog.
Orvossá lett.
He became a doctor.
A víz jéggé fagyott.
The water froze into ice.
Tanárrá képezték.
They trained him to be a teacher.
Porrá omlott.
It crumbled to dust.