====== 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.//