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csak
csak
Hungarian
Adverb
csak
- only (excluding everything else)
- Csak a sajtos pizzát szeretem, a többit nem. - I only like the pizza with cheese, and no other.
- just, only (when something is not as great or as much or as serious as could be expected)
- Ez csak játék. - This is just a game.
- for a reason that the speaker does not want to specify
- Ezt miért csináltad? - Csak! - Why did you do that? - Just because! (No reason!)
- it's just that, but (explaining a reason that reduces/takes away from the first part of the sentence)
- Hívtalak telefonon! - Hallottam, csak épp zuhanyoztam. - I called you on the phone! - I heard, but I was under the shower.
- Nyerhetett volna a csapat, csak nem volt elég jó az edzőjük. - The team could have won, it's just that their coach wasn't good enough.
- Ő is ott volt, csak a másik szobában. - He was also there, but in the other room.
- if only (in wishes); indicates less hope if used with conditional mood, more certainity if used with subjunctive
- Csak élné/élje túl a balesetet! - If only he survived the accident!
- used in imperative sentences to indicate something quick or immediate
- Nézd csak! - Hey, look!
- Várj csak! - Wait a minute! / Hold on for a second!
- Figyelj csak! - Listen up!
- don't bother, do as you wish (in imperative sentences)
- Menj csak! - Go, don't bother.
- Hagyd csak! - Just let him!
- Dohányozz csak! Magadnak ártasz vele, nem nekem! - Smoke if you wish! You do harm to yourself, not to me.
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