Államokba

Államokba is the illative form of the Hungarian plural noun államok (states). It expresses movement into or toward the states and is used with verbs of motion. The form is most commonly encountered in reference to the United States, where the corresponding illative is used with the country’s name in Hungarian.

Formation and grammar: In Hungarian, the illative case marks direction into a place. For the plural stem államok, the ending -ba yields államokba. This form appears in phrases such as az államokba (to the states) and az Egyesült Államokba (to the United States). The construction is governed by standard Hungarian rules for illative nouns, including agreement with the verb and context.

Usage examples: Az Egyesült Államokba utazunk. (We are traveling to the United States.) Megyek az államokba. (I am going to the states.) A diákok Egyesült Államokba mennek minden nyáron. (The students go to the United States every summer.)

Notes: Államokba does not designate a single country by itself; it is a directional form used with nouns referring to states, especially in reference to the United States when combined with the proper noun Egyesült Államok. The term functions primarily as a grammatical form rather than as a stand-alone place name.

See also: Egyesült Államok, illative case, Hungarian grammar.