Adverbs of number can be formed in a simmer way to the formation of adverbs of manner. These words show or ask about the number of people present or doing something.

The essential featureof this is the -an or -en ending.

The word hány how many is suffixed with one of the adverb endings -an to give hányan? how many people?.

Similarly the numerals are suffixed to create words meaning things like "we two," or "the seven of us."

• ketten (we) two
• hatan (we) six

Here are some example sentences:

• hányan mentek a strandra? how many (people) went to the beach?
• mi négyen mentünk we four went

• sokan vannak a bárban many people are in the bar
• csak kevesen vannak itt only a few (people) are here

Here are the basic forms of the numerals. Pay attention to *irregularities*.

• ketten * two (people)
• hárman * three (people)
• négyen four (people)
• öten five (people)
• hatan six (people)
• heten seven (people)
• nyolcan eight (people)
• kilencen nine (people)
• tizen ten (people)
• tizenegyen eleven (people)
• tizenhatan sixteen (people)
• százan one hundred (people)
• ... etc ...