Szobában

Szobában is a Hungarian locative form of the noun szoba, meaning room. It is used to express that something is located inside a room, i.e., “in the room.” The locative suffix -ban/-ben attaches to the noun to indicate static location. For szoba, which ends in a back vowel, the usual form is szobában, with the last vowel lengthened as part of Hungarian vowel harmony and suffixation.

Usage considerations: Szobában can appear with definite or indefinite noun phrases. Examples include a szobában (in the room) or egy szobában (in a room). The phrase order typically places the locative after the noun it describes, and a linking verb sentence can be formed similarly to other Hungarian locatives, for instance: A kulcs a szobában van. (The key is in the room.) Az asztal a szobában áll. (The table stands in the room.)

Plural form and related cases: The plural locative is szobákban (in the rooms). Related directional forms include szobából (out of the room) and other location variants such as szobában, szobából, szobán, etc., depending on the precise spatial relationship being described.

Summary: Szobában is the standard Hungarian locative form used to indicate that something is located inside a room. It is formed by adding the locative suffix -ban/-ben to szoba, with the form szobában used in most common contexts.