Meaning of -va | Babel Free

Definitions

1. into (expresses a change in state with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X")
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2. Added to a verb to form the adverbial participle.
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3. Expressing an action done simultaneously by the subject of the main clause, like the English -ing form functioning as a participle (rather than a noun).
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4. construed with van (“to be”), sometimes omitted: Expressing the result of a preceding action suffered or experienced (that is, with a passive sense), comparable to the past participle -ed.
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Examples

“úszik (“to swim”) →”

“Úszva jött ide.”

He came here swimming.

“zár (“to close”) → zárva (van) (“(it is/has been) closed”, with the implication that it is currently inaccessible)”

“Lót felesége sóvá változott.”

Lot's wife turned into salt.

“fiává fogad”

to adopt as one's son

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