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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-vén
- (adverbial participle suffix) A less frequent front-vowel variant of -va. See details there.
- lép (“to step, enter”) →
- A szobába lépvén első dolga volt, hogy becsukta az ablakot. ― When entering the room, the first thing he did was to close the window.
Usage notes
- (adverbial participle suffix) Variants:
- -va is added to back-vowel verbs
- fut (“to run”) → Futva jöttek vissza. ― They came back running.
- -ve is added to front-vowel verbs
- ismer (“to know”) → Ismerve téged, elfogadom a véleményedet. ― Knowing you, I accept your opinion.
- -ván a less frequent variant of -va
- szól (“to speak”) → Az írásról szólván, mikor jelenik meg a legújabb könyve? ― Speaking of writing, when will your next book be published?
- -vén a less frequent variant of -ve
- ismer (“to know”) → Nem ismervén a tényeket, erre a kérdésre nem tudok válaszolni. ― Not knowing the facts, I can't answer this question.
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