milyen
Hungarian
Etymology
From the pronoun mely (“which”), patterned after the pronouns ilyen (“this kind of”), olyan (“that kind of”). Its form may have been influenced also by the interrogative pronoun mi (“what”). Its original form was probably melyen, this is perhaps mely (“interrogative pronoun”) + -n (“pronoun suffix”). First attested in 1748.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈmijɛn]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: mi‧lyen
Pronoun
milyen
- what?, what kind of?, what like?
- Milyen színű az autód? ― What color is your car?
- Milyen volt a nyaralásotok? ― What was your vacation like?
- to what extent?, how?, how much? (always followed by an adverb or adjective)
- Milyen nagy a házatok? ― How big is your house?
- what a ...!
- Milyen kár! ― What a pity!
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | milyen | milyenek |
| accusative | milyent | milyeneket |
| dative | milyennek | milyeneknek |
| instrumental | milyennel | milyenekkel |
| causal-final | milyenért | milyenekért |
| translative | milyenné | milyenekké |
| terminative | milyenig | milyenekig |
| essive-formal | milyenként | milyenekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | milyenben | milyenekben |
| superessive | milyenen | milyeneken |
| adessive | milyennél | milyeneknél |
| illative | milyenbe | milyenekbe |
| sublative | milyenre | milyenekre |
| allative | milyenhez | milyenekhez |
| elative | milyenből | milyenekből |
| delative | milyenről | milyenekről |
| ablative | milyentől | milyenektől |
| Possessive forms of milyen | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | milyenem | milyenjeim |
| 2nd person sing. | milyened | milyenjeid |
| 3rd person sing. | milyenje | milyenjei |
| 1st person plural | milyenünk | milyenjeink |
| 2nd person plural | milyenetek | milyenjeitek |
| 3rd person plural | milyenjük | milyenjeik |
Synonyms
- (to what extent): mennyire
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
References
- Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
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