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 ...