oltalmába vesz
Hungarian
Etymology
oltalom (“protection”) + -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) + -ba (“into”, case suffix) + vesz (“to take”), literally “to take into one's protection”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoltɒlmaːbɒvɛs]
Verb
oltalmába vesz
- (transitive) to protect someone (to take someone under one's protection)
Usage notes
The word order can change according to the sentence structure:
- Oltalmamba vettem őket. ― I took them under my protection.
- Vedd őket oltalmadba! ― Take them under your protection!
Conjugation
- For the verb, see vesz.
- The noun oltalom takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: oltalmamba, oltalmadba, oltalmába, oltalmunkba, oltalmatokba, oltalmukba.