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kettő
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See also: ketto
Hungarian
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| Cardinal: kettő, két Nominal: kettes Ordinal: második Day of month: másodika A.o.: másodszor, másodjára Adverbial: kétszer Multiplier: kétszeres, kettős, dupla Distributive: kettesével Collective: mindkét, mindkettő Fractional: fél, ketted Number of people: ketten | ||
Etymology
From két. The suffix may reflect Proto-Uralic *-k, being the only trace thereof in Hungarian.
Pronunciation
Numeral
kettő
- two (mostly used in place of a whole noun phrase or as a predicate, but not usually as a counter before nouns)
- kettő meg egy az három ― two plus one equals three
Usage notes
The numeral két (“two”) and the adjective kis (“small, little”) can only stand adjectively, before a noun (e.g. két alma (“two apples”) and kis alma (“a small apple”)). If they were to occur on their own (possibly also inflected), predicatively, or in reference to a whole noun phrase, the terms kettő (“two”) and kicsi (“small”) must be used instead: Csak kettő van (“There are only two”), Csak kicsi van (“There is a small one only.”) The same applies to compound numerals like tizenkét and tizenkettő (“twelve”). In terms of distribution, két and kis are like English sick (sick people ~ két/kis alma) while kettő and kicsi resemble ill (they are ill ~ csak kettő/kicsi van). The longer forms are definitely broader in use as they may also occur adjectively, whether for emphasis or as a form of colloquialism. As a rule of thumb, the short variants (két, kis) never stand on their own.
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Further reading
- kettő in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
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