rádióban

rádióban is the locative singular form of the Hungarian noun rádió, meaning radio. In everyday language it is used to indicate location inside a radio device, or more commonly to refer to something that is broadcast on radio as a medium. The form is created by adding the locative suffix -ban torádió; since rádi o ends in a vowel, the suffix is -ban, yielding rádióban.

Morphology and usage nuances: In Hungarian, the locative case answers questions like “where?” and is used with nouns to express location or context. With rádió, rádióban can denote a physical position inside a radio set (for example, a part or component located within the device) as well as the sense of “on the radio” as a broadcasting medium when speaking about programs, announcements, or sounds heard via radio.

Typical contexts include both literal and figurative meanings. For example, a sentence such as “A műsor a rádióban megy” conveys that the program is being broadcast on the radio. Another, more literal usage might describe something located inside the device, though such sentences are less common in everyday speech.

Etymology and relation to other forms: rádió is a loanword adopted from the international term radio, used for both the device and the broadcasting medium. The locative -ban/-ben attaches to nouns in Hungarian to express location, with -ban used after vowels, as in rádióban, and -ben used in other phonetic environments.

See also: rádió, rádióadás, rádiószolgáltatás.