szobába
Szobába is the illative form of the Hungarian noun szoba, meaning “room.” It marks a direction toward the interior of a space and is used with verbs of motion to indicate entering a room. The illative is formed by adding the suffix -ba to the noun, with vowel harmony. Because szoba contains back vowels, the correct form is szobába. The corresponding locative form is szobában (meaning “in the room”).
Szobába appears in contexts of movement, typically with verbs like megy, bemegy, vagy belép. It can take
For multiple rooms, the illative plural is szobákba (into the rooms). The illative suffix is part of
The base szoba means “room.” The exact origin of szoba is uncertain; it is often discussed as