Hónapjában

Hónapjában is a Hungarian grammatical form formed from the noun hónap (month) with possessive and locative affixes. It literally means "in his/her/its month" and is used to refer to a time within a month that belongs to a referent, or to indicate that something occurs during that month.

Formation: The base hónap takes a possessive suffix to indicate ownership. For third person, the suffix is -ja/-e, yielding hónapja (his/her/its month). The locative suffix -ban/-ben then attaches, producing hónapjában ("in his/her/its month"). Other person-number forms exist: hónapomban ("in my month"), hónapodban ("in your month"), etc., with the appropriate vowel harmony guiding -ja/-e and -ban/-ben.

Usage: The form is more common in formal, literary, or technical texts. In everyday speech, Hungarian more often uses az adott hónapban ("in the given month") or a plain a hónapban ("in the month") when possession is not foregrounded. Hónapjában emphasizes the month as belonging to the referent and can frame events, obligations, or statuses occurring within that month.

Notes: This construction illustrates Hungarian suffixal morphology, where nouns combine possessive and locative marks to convey nuanced time relations.