Grammar Concepts Flashcards
adjective ending -et
adjective into noun
[a féhéret]
(the white one)
place or time adjectives ending -i
of, pertaining to
a londoni hídek (lowercase L)
the bridges of london
adjective ending -abb / -ebb / -obb
comparative
‘gyorsabb’ faster
‘nagyobb’ larger (irregular)
‘kisebb mint te’ smaller than you
by or at pronouns and suffix
-nál -nél
nálam - nálad - nála - nálunk, nálatok, náluk
ennél annál ezeknél azoknál
comparative adjective
more than you e.g.
‘mint’ alternative
-nál -nél
e.g.
tobett nálad
plural of comparative adjectives
ie ő gyorsabb mint te
ők ___ mint te
-abbak -ebbek -obbok
ők gyorsabbak mint te
superlative, saying something is the ‘most’
leg- prefix added to comparative
ie a legmagasabb vagyok
irregular (not in english): legalabb (the very least)
take it to the most, most with leges-
olyan mint
paired as..as
ie karoly olyan okos mint egy szuper genius
how to make an adverb, they describe a verb
ie quick into quickly
-an/-en or ül/űl
words ending in a or e lengthen the vowel and add n
ending in ú or ű just peg on the -an/en ending
gyors > gyorsan
könnyű >könnyen
non-inquiring adverbs of place, time etc
ie where did it happen? vs
that is where it happened
add a- prefix hol történt? azt ahol történt mikor megyek? amikor akarom menni
who?
ki = who valaki - someone bárki - anyone mindenki - everyone senki - no-one
what?
mi=what valami - something bármi - anything mind, minden - everything semmi - nothing
what kind of?
milyen - what kind of valamilyen - some kind of bármilyen - any kind of mindenféle - every sort of semilyen - no kind of
what sort?
féle - what sort? valami féle - some sort bárféle - any sort of mindenféle - every sort of seféle - no sort of
what size?
mekkora - what size? valamekkora - some size bármekkora - any size minden méretben - every size semekkora - no size
how many? (how much?)
hány? - how many? valahány - however many bárhány - any amount no minden sehány - no amount
where?
hol? - where valahol - somewhere bárhol - anywhere mindenhol - everywhere sehol - nowhere
from where?
honnan? - from where valahonnan - from somewhere bárhonnan - from anywhere mindenhonnan - from everywhere sehonnan - from nowhere
to where?
hová - to where? valahová - to somewhere bárhová - to anywhere mindenhová - to everywhere sehová - to nowhere
until when? how long?
meddig - how long? valameddig - until sometime bármeddig - until anytime no minden semeddig - for no time
in which direction?
merre - which direction (where)? valamerre - some direction bármerre - any direction no minden semerre - no direction
when?
mikor? - when? valamikor - sometime bármikor - anytime mindenkor - all the time semmikor - none of the time
how?
hogy? - how? valahogy - somehow bárhogy - however no minden sehogy - in no way
mennyi?
mennyi? - how much?
valamennyi - some amount
bármennyi - any amount
semennyi - no amount
adverbial participle - describing two actions at once
i went in hurriedly
he asked me whilst smiling
also as a predicative adjective whats the rule?
suffix -va/-ve belepek sietve kérdez nekem mosolyogva you need van when predicative az ablak zárva van
hány vs hányan
hány - how many hányan - how many people sokan - many people kevesen - few people ketten * two (people) hárman * three (people) négyen four (people) öten five (people)
adjective into nouns like -ness in english
whiteness
beautifulness (beauty)
-ság / - ség
fehérség - whiteness
szépség - beauty
Would like to do or would like something with a verb
conditional
-na / -ne indefinite: -nék -nánk -nál -nátok -na -nának definite: -nám -nánk -nád -nátok -ná -nák (-nék)
