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valami
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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Pronoun
valami
Declension
Derived terms
- valamicske
- valamiként
- valamiképp, valamiképpen
- vmi (abbreviation)
Compound words
- egyvalami
- másvalami
- olyasvalami
- valamifajta
- valamiféle
- valamirevaló
See also
1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'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
- (informal) around, some, approximately (before an estimated number)
- Valami harmincan lehettek. ― There could have been around thirty of them.
- (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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