Sublative case
The term sublative case is used to refer to grammatical cases expressing different situations: In Hungarian and Finnish, it expresses the destination of the movement, originally to the surface of something, but in other figurative meanings as well, or into a language, while in Tsez and other Northeast Caucasian languages it denotes a movement towards the bottomsides or the area under an object. The sublative case is used in the Finnish, Tsez and Hungarian languages.Hungarian
In Hungarian the suffix "-re" or "-ra" denotes the sublative. It can be used like "onto" but also in more abstract cases for flat areas. For example:
- hajóra
- Budapestre megyek
- repülőtérre
Finnish
Examples in Finnish:
- minne - where to?
- jonne - where
- moniaalle - to many places
- kaikkialle - to everywhere
