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Kun
kun
kun
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʏn/
Verb
kun
- second-person singular present indicative of kunnen
- Kun jij iets doen voor mij?
- Can you do something for me?
- Kun jij iets doen voor mij?
Usage notes
As is usual in Dutch, the -t is dropped when the pronoun jij / je immediately follows the verb. However, unlike for all other verbs, the form that results is not identical to the first-person singular, which is kan. The form kan is also frequently used, by analogy with regular verbs, but it may be considered nonstandard by some.
Synonyms
Esperanto
Etymology
From Latin cum; Italian, Spanish con
Preposition
kun
- in the company of, with
- in addition to
- characteristic considered separately from the whole
- L. L. Zamenhof:
- Vorto dirita en ĝusta tempo estas kiel oraj pomoj kun arĝentaj ŝeloj.
- A word said at the right time is like golden apples with silver skins.
- Vorto dirita en ĝusta tempo estas kiel oraj pomoj kun arĝentaj ŝeloj.
- L. L. Zamenhof:
Derived terms
Finnish
(index ku)
Etymology
Originally the lative singular of kuka (“who”).
Conjunction
kun
- when, as (temporal: at the same time or instant that)
- Sain viestisi, kun olin jo matkalla lentokentälle.
- I got your message when I was already on my way to the airport.
- Hän ilmestyi antamaan ohjeita, kun olin jo saanut työn valmiiksi.
- He showed up to give instructions when I had already finished the job.
- Sain viestisi, kun olin jo matkalla lentokentälle.
- often with the clitic -han to express that the event of the main clause takes place immediately after that of the subclause: as soon as
- Tulen tapaamaan sinua, kun(han) saan tämän valmiiksi.
- I will come to see you as soon as I finish this job.
- Tulen tapaamaan sinua, kun(han) saan tämän valmiiksi.
- (uncommon) as (considering that, because)
- En voi tulla huomenna, minulla kun on aamuvuoro.
- I cannot come tomorrow as I have the morning shift.
- En voi tulla huomenna, minulla kun on aamuvuoro.
- (obsolete, dialectal) that, who, which, where (used as relative pronoun)
- Täällä on eräs mies, kun haluaisi tavata johtajaa.
- Täällä on eräs mies, joka haluaisi tavata johtajaa. (standard)
- Here is a man who would want to see the director.
- short for kunpa
Derived terms
- ei kun
- kunpa
- silloin kun
- sitten kun
- voi kun
Related terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkun]
- Hyphenation: kun
Noun
kun (plural kunok)
- Cuman (member of a nomadic Turkic people of central Asia)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | kun | kunok |
| accusative | **** | kunokat |
| dative | kunnak | kunoknak |
| instrumental | kunnal | kunokkal |
| causal-final | kunért | kunokért |
| translative | kunná | kunokká |
| terminative | kunig | kunokig |
| essive-formal | kunként | kunokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kunban | kunokban |
| superessive | kunon | kunokon |
| adessive | kunnál | kunoknál |
| illative | kunba | kunokba |
| sublative | kunra | kunokra |
| allative | kunhoz | kunokhoz |
| elative | kunból | kunokból |
| delative | kunról | kunokról |
| ablative | ****ól | kunoktól |
| Possessive forms of kun | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | kunom | kunjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | kunod | kunjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | kunja | kunjai |
| 1st person plural | kununk | kunjaink |
| 2nd person plural | kunotok | kunjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | kunjuk | kunjaik |
Mandarin
Romanization
kun
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.