van kedve
Hungarian
Etymology
From van (“[there] to be, to have”) + kedve (“his/her/its mood”), literally, “to have the mood”. For analogous structures, compare Spanish tener ganas, French avoir envie, Italian avere voglia, and German Lust haben.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɒŋkɛdvɛ]
Verb
van kedve
- to feel like, to fancy, to care, would like (to), want, to be inclined (towards), to be in the mood (for something: infinitive or -hoz/-hez/-höz)
- Synonyms: szeretne (“would like to”), (with the conditional) szívesen (“gladly”)
- Van kedved járni velem? ― Would you like to go out with me?
- Van kedved egy jó filmhez? ― Do you feel like [watching] a good movie?
Conjugation
- For the verb, see van (and nincs for the present-tense third-person negative).
- The noun kedv takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: kedvem, kedved, kedve, kedvünk, kedvetek, kedvük.