Valahol

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Valahol

 

Meaning:

somewhere (static)

 

Note there are two words for somewhere in Hungarian: a static and a dynamic version (valahol & valahova). We use the static version when we don’t want to indicate movement (e.g. I’m standing somewhere. – Állok valahol.) and the dynamic version when we want to express movement (e.g. I’m going somewhere. – Megyek valahova.)

 

 

 

Example sentences:

Valahol elvesztettem magamat.

Somewhere lost-it-I myself(acc.).

Somewhere, I lost myself.

 

Valahol mindig süt a nap.

Somewhere always shines the sun.

The sun always shines somewhere.

 

Related terms:

ahol – where (answer word to hol?) (static)

ahova – where (answer word to hova?) (dynamic)

bárhol – anywhere (static)

bárhova – to anywhere (dynamic)

hol – where (question word) (static)

hova – where (question word) (dynamic)

itt – here

ott – there

sehol – nowhere

sehova – to nowhere

valaha – at some point in the past

valahány – an uncertain/undefined amount

valahogy – somehow

valahova – to somewhere (dynamic)

valaki – someone

valamerre – in some direction

valami – something

valamikor – at some time

 

Pronunciation of today’s word:

valahol – somewhere (static)

 

Pronunciation of the Example Sentences:

Valahol elvesztettem magamat.

Somewhere lost-it-I myself(acc.).

Somewhere, I lost myself.

 

Valahol mindig süt a nap.

Somewhere always shines the sun.

The sun always shines somewhere.

 

Pronunciation of the Related Terms:

ahol – where (answer word to hol?) (static)

 

ahova – where (answer word to hova?) (dynamic)

 

bárhol – anywhere (static)

 

bárhova – to anywhere (dynamic)

 

hol – where (question word) (static)

 

hova – where (question word) (dynamic)

 

itt – here

 

ott – there

 

sehol – nowhere

 

sehova – to nowhere

 

valaha – at some point in the past

 

valahány – an uncertain/undefined amount

 

valahogy – somehow

 

valahova – to somewhere (dynamic)

 

valaki – someone

 

valamerre – in some direction

 

valami – something

 

valamikor – at some time

 

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