Meaning of -an | Babel Free

Definitions

1. on the specified day of the month (attached to numbers with a hyphen, omitting the dot that indicates ordinal numbers)
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2. Added to an adjective to create an adverb. However, it cannot be added to adjectives suffixed with -i, -beli, -nyi, -tlan -talan, -atlan.
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3. Added to a stem ― often an onomatopoeia ― to form a verb expressing an instantaneous action.
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4. Added to a numeral or a pronoun with this sense to create an adverb, expressing the number of people.
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Equivalents

Examples

“pontos (“accurate”) + -an → pontosan (“accurately”)”

“Hatan mentünk moziba.”

Six of us went to the cinema.

“Nyolcan vannak a szobában.”

There are eight people in the room.

“hány (“how many”) + -an → hányan (“how many (of us/you/them)”)”

“néhány (“some, a few”) + -an → néhányan (“some (of us/you/them)”)”

“Sokan vannak a meghívottak, de kevesen a választottak.”

For many are called, but few are chosen.

“millió (“million”) + -an → millióan (“a million (of us/you/them)”)”

“kattan (“to click, to make one clicking sound”)”

“robban (“to explode”)”

“február 16-án”

on February 16th

“augusztus másodikán”

on August the second

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