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22 suffixes may take any other suffix; except that for the plural as they already express number.

These suffixes are used to express place, direction, or other circumstances of the substantive, which are expressed in English by prepositions. They are fourteen in number, and are called:—

1. Retaining, -ban, -ben, which signifies "resting within" the substantive to which it is joined: as, a ház-ban, in the house. It answers to the question, In whom? or, In what?

2. Appointing, -on, -en, -ön; shows that something is resting on or upon the substantive suffixed with it; as, a ház-on, on or upon the house.

Note.—After a vowel this suffix will be only -n; a and e become lengthened in such cases; eke, ekén.

3. Staying, -nál, -nél; shows where or with whom something or somebody is staying—Ő atyám-nál van, he is with my father, or at my father's.

4. Inward direction, -ba, -be; denotes motion into a thing; a ház-ba megyek, I go into the house.

5. Upward direction, -ra, -re; to direct something from a lower to a higher place or level; tedd az asztal-ra, put it on the table.

6. Approaching, -hoz, -hez, -höz; to express an approaching movement; a ház-hoz, to or unto the house.

7. Outward direction, -ból, -ből; signifies motion out of a thing; kivettem a kosár-ból, I took it out of the basket.

8. Downward direction, -ról, -ről; expresses a motion from a