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
Pronoun
milyen
- (adjectivally) what?, what kind of?
- Synonym: miféle
- Milyen színű az autód? ― What color is your car?
- Milyen ember a főnököd? ― What kind of person is your boss?
- (predicatively) what … like?
- Milyen volt a nyaralásotok? ― What was your vacation like?
- (followed by an adverb or an adjective) to what extent?, how?, how much?
- Synonym: mennyire
- Milyen nagy a házatok? ― How big is your house?
- what (a) …!
- Synonym: de
- Milyen kár! ― What a pity!
- Milyen gyönyörű idő! ― What beautiful weather!
Declension
| Inflection of milyen | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | milyen | milyenek |
| accusative | milyet 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 |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
milyené | milyeneké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
milyenéi | milyenekéi |
| 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 |
Derived terms
Compound words
See also
References
- ^ milyen in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)