Translative

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The translative is a case that occurs in most Finno-Ugric languages , e.g. in Hungarian , Finnish and Estonian , but also in the Volga- Finnish branch of the language family, e.g. B. in Mordovian .
It describes a state or a property as the result of a previous process or a change or often a time. German equivalents are often in the dative or are adverbial additions and then require a preposition (usually zu).

Examples

Finnish

(1) Hän tuli isä- ksi
He has been Father translative
"He became (literally: a) father."
(2) Joulu- ksi paralyzed kotiin
"We went home for Christmas."

Estonian

(2) Ma jään kahe ks nädala ks
"I'm staying two weeks."

Hungarian

(from the grammar by J. Tompa, see literature)

(3) Ezt a csikót az- nevelem, ami apja volt: híres versenyló-
"This colt I raise this , what his father was: a famous racehorse. "

literature

  • Hadumod Bußmann (Ed.): Lexicon of Linguistics. 3rd updated and expanded edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-520-45203-0 .
  • Irja Grönholm: Kauderwelsch Volume 55 , Estonian word for word , 3rd edition, Bielefeld 2002, ISBN 3-89416-245-7 .
  • József Tompa: Short Hungarian grammar. VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, Leipzig 1972.