Hungarian

Suffix

-vén

1. (adverbial participle suffix) Added to a verb to form an adverbial participle.

   A szobába lépvén első dolga volt, hogy becsukta az ablakot. - When he entered the room, the first thing he did was to close the windows.

Usage notes

• (adverbial participle suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ván is added to back vowel verbs

  -vén is added to front vowel verbs

See also

• -va/-ve
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes