Hungarian Sublative case: -ra -re

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Latin English Endings Demonstrative Personal Pronouns
Name role Pronouns

Sublative onto  -ra  erre  rám  ránk

 -re  arra  rád  rátok
Vowel  ezekre  rá /  rájuk /
harmony
 azokra Önre Önökre

Onto
This ending's primary meaning is "onto". Az asztalra tettem könyet . I
put the book onto the table.

It is also, however, one of the more common ends applied to show that an
abstract concept applies to a noun.

Movement towards: surfaces

This is the movement towards member of the triad, applicable
to surfaces.
Compare to:

Tett könyvet az asztalra. He put a book onto the table.

Aztán a könyv az asztalon volt. Then the book was on the table.

Azután, vitt könyvet az asztalról. After that, he took a book from the
table.

Generally, flat surfaces use this triad: table, street, face, etc.
Most Hungarian cities and Hungary itself use this case:

 Budapestre megyek. I am going to Budapest.

 Budapesten vagyok. I am in Budapest.
 Budapestről jövök. I am coming from Budapest.
 Magyarországról vagyok. I am from Hungary (i.e. I am Hungarian).
Abstract concepts
Additionally, abstract concepts such as thought or memory using this ending:

 jól esett, hogy gondoltál rám! it was great that you thought of me (lit. very well it
fell that you thought into me).
 emlékszik erre? does he remember this?
 emlékszel rám? do you remember me?
 házra gondolok. I think about a house.
 hasonlítok az apámra. I look like my father
 a kilátás az erkélyről nagyon szép: a tóra és a
kertre nézek. the view from the balcony is very beautiful: I can see the lake and the garden.