ugyan
See also: ugyan-
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of úgy + -an (adverb-forming suffix).[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
ugyan
- I wonder…, oh and…
- Ugyan ki lehet az? ― I wonder who that might be.
- Ugyan mi erre a bizonyíték? - I wonder what is the proof of this?
- Ugyan mit tudsz te az életről?! - I wonder what you know about life at all?
- at all, by chance
- Visszahozzuk, ha ugyan el nem lopták. - We'll return it if it has not been stolen by chance.
- Visszahozzuk, ha ugyan ott van még. - Well return it if it's still there at all.
- for sure (mainly in negative sentences)
- Én ugyan nem láttam semmit! - I have not seen anything, for sure!
- Innen ugyan nem jutsz ki! - You will not get out of here, for sure!
Synonyms
- (I wonder): vajon
- (at all): egyáltalán
- (for sure): bizony, aztán
Derived terms
- See also the derived terms of ugyan- (a prefix for pronouns and adverbs).
- csakugyan
- ugyancsak
- ugyanis
Conjunction
ugyan
- although, albeit
- Ugyan a választ nem tudom, megpróbálok segíteni. - Although I don't know the answer, I'll try to help.
- A ház ugyan szép, de rossz helyen van. - Although the house itself is nice, but it's at a bad place.
Synonyms
Interjection
ugyan
- hell no, no way, not at all (discarding a possibility)
- Biztos a kocsmába mentek! - Ők? Ugyan! - They might have gone to the pub! Them? No way!
- hey
- Ugyan, menjen innen! - Hey, get along with you!
- Ugyan, ne sírj - Hey, don't cry.
Synonyms
- (no way): dehogy
References
- ^ ugyan 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.)