====== Ketten, hárman... ======
* //Mi/ők ketten. -- The two of us/them.//
* //Mi/ők hárman. -- The three of us/them.//
* //Mi/ők négyen. -- The four of us/them. //
* ...
* //Ketten vagyunk/vannak. -- There are two of us/them.//
* //Hárman vagyunk/vannak. -- There are three of us/them.//
* //Négyen vagyunk/vannak. -- There are four uf us/them.//
* ...
Note the plural verb forms above. The singular cannot be used:
* //Ketten van.//
* //Hárman van.//
* ...
Some more examples:
* //Ketten egy ellen. -- Two people against one.//
* //Hárman egy ellen. -- Three people against one.//
* //Négyen egy ellen. -- Four people against one.//
The following are also possible, but less common when referring to people:
* //Kettő egy ellen. -- Two against one.//
* //Három egy ellen. -- Three against one.//
* //Négy egy ellen. -- Four against one.//
* ...
As you might have guessed, **numerals with the suffix //-an/-en// refer to people.**
//Ketten, hárman, négyen// refer to two, three, four people, whereas //kettő, három, négy...// can refer to anything, and usually do not refer to people.
Some more examples follow.
==== Mindketten, mindhárman... ====
* //Mindketten tudjuk/tudják. -- We/they both know it.//
* //Mindhárman tudjuk/tudják. -- All three of us/them know it.//
Again, note the plural verb forms.The singular cannot be used.
The following forms do not exist. (Starting from four, a definite article is added after //mind//, see the next section).
* //Mindnégyen tudjuk/tudják.//
* //Mindöten tudjuk/tudják.//
* ...
The following are also possible, but sound contemptuous when used for people (exactly because they do not normally refer to people):
* //Mindkettő tudja. -- Both (of them) know it.//
* //Mindhárom tudja. -- All three of them know it.//
* ...
Note that the singular verb form is used here, as usual.
The following, however, are not possible, because //tudjuk// -- //we know// can only refer to people:
* //Mindkettő tudjuk.//
* //Mindhárom tudjuk.//
* ...
==== Mind a ketten, mind a hárman... ====
* //Mind a ketten tudják/tudjuk. -- Both of them/us know it.//
* //Mind a hárman tudják/tudjuk. -- All three of them/us know it.//
* //Mind a négyen tudják/tudjuk. -- All four of them/us know it.//
* //Mind az öten tudják/tudjuk. -- All five of them/us know it.//
* ...
* //Mindannyian tudják/tudjuk. -- All of them/us know it.//
Note that both //mindketten// and //mind a ketten// are possible forms as well as //mindhárman// and //mind a hárman//. Starting from four, however, a definite article is always added after //mind//.
==== Hányan/mennyien, annyian, amennyien/ahányan, sokan, kevesen, elegen ====
* //Hányan vagyunk/vannak? -- How many are there of us/them?//
* //Mennyien vagyunk/vannak? -- How many are there of us/them?//
* //Annyian vagyunk/vannak, amennyien akarunk/akarnak. -- There are as many of us/them as we/they want. //
* //Sokan vagyunk/vannak, de nem elegen. -- There are many of us/them, but not enough of us/them.//
===== Quotes =====
* //Ahol ugyanis ketten vagy hárman összegyűlnek az én nevemben, ott vagyok köztük.//
* //Sokan vannak az elhívottak, de kevesen a választottak.//