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78 Adverbs of place answer to the questions: hol, where? honnan, whence? hová, whither? meddig, till where? as—

(a) hol?—itt, itten, here; ott, ottan, there; sehol, nowhere; máshol, másutt, somewhere else; ralahol, somewhere; mindenhol, mindenütt, everywhere, &c., and all substantives inflected with suffixes denoting a place of rest—a házon, upon the house; a házban, in the house; &c.

(b) honnan?—innen, hence; onnan, thence; and substantives with the corresponding suffixes—a házról, a szobábol; &c.

(c) hová?—ide, hither; oda, thither (implying motion); erre,this way, in this direction; arra, that way, in that direction;valahová, to somewhere; and substantives with inward direction, upward direction, &c.

(d) meddig?—This question asks for a limit, as its ending -ig (limiting suffix) clearly shows; and the answer will also terminate in -ig; as, addig, as far as there; eddig, as far as here; and all nouns suffixed with -ig.

Note.—Some adverbs relating to place and direction may be prefixed to the verb, which is then called a compound verb; but these can always be separated, if it is desirable; as, lement, he went down; le akart menni, or lemenni akart, he desired to go down.

The principal adverbs of time are: ma, to-day; holnap, to-morrow; most, mostan, now; máskor, another time; mindig, always (made of mind, all, and -ig, until, i.e., until all