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-ván

-ván

Hungarian

Suffix

-ván

(adverbial participle suffix) Added to a verb to form an adverbial participle.
lát ‎(“to see”) → Ezt látván, így szólt. - After he saw this, he said...

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