központba

Központba is the illative form of the Hungarian noun központ, meaning into the center. In Hungarian, movement into a place is expressed with the illative suffix -ba or -be, which attaches to the noun; for központ the form becomes központba. The word központ itself refers to a center, hub, or main facility, such as a city center, a central office, or another focal point.

Usage and examples: Központba is used with verbs of motion to indicate entering or heading toward the interior of the center. Examples include: A diákok a központba mennek. Én a központba indulok. It can be combined with phrases like városközpontba to mean "to the city center" (városközpont = city center).

Notes: Központba contrasts with központban, which uses the inessive/locative case to mean "in the center." The illative form is specifically for motion into a place. When describing movement toward a center that is part of a larger compound (for example, városközpontba), the same illative pattern applies: the final element takes -ba/-be. The form is standard in everyday Hungarian and appears across formal and informal registers.