Inside: -ban, -ba, -ból

Hungarian says in, into and out of with noun endings, not separate words. Each ending has two forms, chosen by vowel harmony: words with back vowels (a, á, o, ó, u, ú) take the first form, even beside i or e (iskolában); words with only front vowels (e, é, i, í, ö, ő, ü, ű) take the second.

• -ban / -ben: in (where?): táskában (in the bag), kertben (in the garden)
• -ba / -be: into, to (where to?): iskolába (to school), hűtőbe (into the fridge)
• -ból / -ből: out of, from (where from?): dobozból (out of the box), zsebből (out of the pocket)

A final -a or -e becomes long before the ending: táska → táskában, konyha → konyhából. The prefixes be- (in) and ki- (out) add direction; the ending still marks goal or source: kimegyünk a kertbe (we go out into the garden), behozom a kertből (I bring it in from the garden).