udvaron

Udvaron is the locative form of the Hungarian noun udvar, meaning yard or courtyard. It marks the location of a person or object in an outdoor area associated with a building, roughly translating to “on the courtyard” or “in the yard” in English. The form is used in everyday language to describe where something is situated.

Formation and usage: Udvaron is formed by adding the locative suffix -on to the stem udvar. In Hungarian, locative suffixes reflect vowel harmony, with related forms appearing as -on, -en, or -ön in different words; for this noun the common form is udvaron. It is typically used with verbs of position or existence, such as van (is), áll (stands), or fekszik (lies), to indicate location, or with prepositional phrases to specify where something is.

Examples: A kút az udvaron van. A gyerekek az udvaron játszanak. Az autó az udvaron parkol. The nuance between udvaron and udvarban is subtle: udvaron generally refers to the outdoor yard area, while udvarban can imply something is inside a more defined interior space within the yard boundaries.

See also: udvar (yard, court), other Hungarian locative forms such as udvarban, udvarra, and udvarhoz for related directional or positional meanings.