vesz

See also: vész

HungarianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From earlier *vewə- (compare vevő ‘buying’, vett ‘he bought’), from Proto-Uralic *wexe- (“to take”). Often considered a doublet of visz (“to carry”), but this may not be correct.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): [ˈvɛs]
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Rhymes: -ɛs

VerbEdit

vesz

(transitive, intransitive) to take, grab (out of some food etc.: -ból/-ből)
Synonyms: elvesz, fog, megfog

Vegyél egy almát! ― Take an apple.

Vehetek még a tortából? ― May I take some more cake?
(transitive) to get, take, obtain
Synonyms: szerez, beszerez, megszerez, szert tesz, kerít

Honnan vetted ezt a könyvet? ― Where did you get this book from?
(transitive) to buy (optionally: from someone: -tól/-től, for someone: -nak/-nek)
Synonyms: vásárol, megvásárol, megvesz

Antonym: elad

Vegyél nekem kenyeret, légy szíves. ― Please buy me some bread.
(transitive) to take (classes)
Zongoraórákat vettem tőle. ― I took piano lessons from her.
(transitive) to consider, deem, regard (as something: -nak/-nek), take (assign some quality to)
Synonym: tekint

Ha nem válaszolsz, azt beleegyezésnek veszem. ― If you don't reply, I'll consider it as consent.

Ne vedd komolyan! ― Don't take him/her/it seriously.
(transitive) to consider, take (to take up as an example)
Vegyünk egy egyenlő oldalú háromszöget. ― Consider an equilateral triangle.

Vegyük például a szomszédaimat. ― Take my neighbors, for example.
(transitive) to put on (clothes)
Synonym: felvesz

Cipőt, kabátot veszek, és indulok. ― I’ll put on shoes and a coat and I'll set off.

Usage notesEdit

The verbs vész and veszik (q.v.) (“to perish, to be destroyed, to get lost”) may also appear as vesz in some phrases.
This verb is a member of one of those (few) quasi-homonymous verb pairs that exist both with and without an -ik ending. All (intransitive) suffixed forms of these pairs are identical (sometimes they can even have derived forms that coincide), with the exception of their dictionary form (the third-person singular indicative present, with or without -ik). However, the meaning of these pairs is usually distinct, sometimes unrelated. Examples include (fel)áldoz–(le)áldozik, bán–bánik, (meg)bíz–(meg)bízik, ér–érik, esz (rare)–eszik, hajol–hajlik, (felül)múl–(el)múlik, (hozzá)nyúl–nyúlik, (el)vesz–(el)veszik~(el)vész, and tör–törik (along with their verbal prefixes), hall–hallik (archaic), érez–érzik (archaic), sometimes with some difference: (el)hibáz–hibádzik, (le)torkol–torkollik. Therefore one may well need to check the context and the arguments to ascertain which member of the verb pair is relevant.

ConjugationEdit

Note that the sound -sz is only part of the present-tense indicative forms of this verb. For past-tense and conditional/subjunctive forms starting with vesz-, see the conjugation of the unrelated verbs vész/veszik and (for the subjunctive) veszt.

conjugation of vesz

			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indef.	veszek	veszel	vesz	veszünk	vesztek	vesznek
		Def.	veszem	veszed	veszi	vesszük	veszitek	veszik
		2nd-p. o.	veszlek	―
	Past	Indef.	vettem	vettél	vett	vettünk	vettetek	vettek
		Def.	vettem	vetted	vette	vettük	vettétek	vették
		2nd-p. o.	vettelek	―
Conditional mood	Present	Indef.	vennék	vennél	venne	vennénk	vennétek	vennének
		Def.	venném	vennéd	venné	vennénk (or vennők)	vennétek	vennék
		2nd-p. o.	vennélek	―
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indef.	vegyek	végy or vegyél	vegyen	vegyünk	vegyetek	vegyenek
		Def.	vegyem	vedd or vegyed	vegye	vegyük	vegyétek	vegyék
		2nd-p. o.	vegyelek	―
Infinitive	venni		vennem	venned	vennie	vennünk	vennetek	venniük
Other nonfinite verb forms			Verbal noun	Present participle	Past participle	Future part.	Adverbial part.	Potential
Other nonfinite verb forms			vevés or vétel	vevő	vett	veendő	véve	vehet

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