times); soha, never; azonnal, at once; estve, in the evening; reggel, in the morning; nappal, in day-time; éjszaka, in the night-time; az idén, this year; múltkor, the other day; múltban, in the past; jövőben, in the future;[1] időnként, from time to time; évenként, yearly, &c.
Adverbs of manner are mostly derived from adjectives, by suffixing -an or -en to primitive adjectives; or -úl, -űl to negative adjectives. The primitive adverbs for manner are: így, so (for things near); úgy, so (for things distant); emígy, in this way, or manner; amúgy, in that way, or manner.
Adverbs of number or quantity are all derivatives of numerals.
Interrogative, affirmative, and negative adverbs:—Interrogative are those which ask a question. They are direct, if their primitive meaning implies already a question; as, hogyan, how? hol, where? &c.; and indirect, if their meaning is made dependent upon the interrogative modulation of the voice but can be used as well as answer: itt? here? igen, itt, yes, here. To the interrogative adverbs must also be reckoned the interrogative suffix -e, which is joined to words in order to make a question; as, szép-e, is it pretty? meghalt-e? did he die? It is in meaning the same as the Latin -ne, and can be put after any word with which a question is to be asked. It is written separately, but joined to the word by a hyphen; thus: szép-e?
- ↑ Múltban and jövőben are made of the substantives múlt, the past, and övő, the future, with the retaining suffixes -ban, -ben.
