Autómban

Autómban is a Hungarian locative form meaning “in my car.” It is created by combining the first-person possessive suffix with the locative case on the base noun autó (car). The construction expresses a location inside something that belongs to the speaker.

Morphology and formation: autó (car) + possessive suffix m (autóm = my car) + locative suffix ban (autómban = in my car). The same pattern applies with other possessors, yielding forms such as autódban (in your car) and autónkban (in our car). The choice between -ban and -ben follows Hungarian vowel harmony; with autó, which ends in a back vowel, the suffix is typically -ban.

Usage: Autómban typically answers questions about location, such as where something is. Example: A kulcs az autómban van. (The key is in my car.) The phrase can be part of a larger sentence and often appears with definite articles, e.g., Az autómban van a kulcs. It does not by itself indicate ownership beyond the possessed noun; ownership is conveyed by the possessive suffix.

Related forms: Other locative forms use similar possessive-plus-locative constructions for different possessors, such as autómban, autódban, or autónkban. For movements out of the car, Hungarian uses elative forms like autóból (out of my car).

Notes: Understanding autómban involves recognizing the stacked suffixes: autó + -m (my) + -ban (in). This pattern is common in Hungarian for expressing location inside a possessed object.