sohase
Hungarian
Alternative forms
- sose (in prohibitions and informally in statements as well)
- soha ne (only in prohibitions)
- For other forms in statements, see sohasem.
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃoɦɒʃɛ]
- Hyphenation: so‧ha‧se
- Rhymes: -ʃɛ
Adverb
sohase (not comparable)
See also
1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).
Further reading
- (“never” in prohibitions): sohase in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
- (“never” in statements): sohase , redirecting to sohasem in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.