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Revision as of 15:05, 28 November 2022
Hungarian
Etymology
ez (“this”) + előtt (“before”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
ezelőtt
Derived terms
Usage notes
Similar compounds are written as one word (in solid) when they function as adverbs or parts of a conjunction. However, if they emphatically point at something particular (“without/around/behind/etc. that person/object”), they are written with a space inside. More information: Section 121 in A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12. kiadás (’The Rules of Hungarian Orthography, 12th edition’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2015. →ISBN
Postposition
ezelőtt
- ago (the amount of time that has passed since is expressed with -val/-vel)
- Coordinate term: azelőtt
- Három évvel ezelőtt történt. ― It happened three years ago.
Further reading
- ezelőtt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN