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Hungarian

Etymology

vala- + mi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɒlɒmi]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: va‧la‧mi
  • Rhymes: -mi

Pronoun

valami

  1. something (unspecified object)
    Coordinate term: (somebody, someone) valaki

Declension

More information possessor, single possession ...

Derived terms

Compound words

See also

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1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogyhe'll rather die than).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (whoever); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (no matter what).

Adverb

valami

  1. (informal) around, some, approximately (before an estimated number)
    Valami harmincan lehettek.There could have been around thirty of them.
  2. (informal) quite, rather, truly, indeed (as an intensifier before positive or negative adjectives, also used after the negative nem)
    Ez valami rettenetes!This is quite horrible!
    Nem valami jó ez a film.This movie is not very good.

Further reading

  • valami 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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