No. 922 in Hungarian
antal
"Antal" is a Hungarian male given name, equivalent to "Anthony" in English.
In a sentence
Antal tegnap elment vásárolni.
Antal went shopping yesterday.
Here, 'Antal' is used as a proper noun, serving as the name of the person in the sentence.
Volt egyszer egy antal alma az asztalon.
Once there was an amount of apples on the table.
In this sentence, 'antal' (while not standard) could colloquially imply an unspecified quantity or amount. Alternatively, in proper usage, it might unknowingly be a typo or misinterpretation for another similar term.
Az Antalok mindig kedvesek velünk.
The Antals are always kind to us.
Here, 'Antalok' is the pluralized form of the proper noun 'Antal', referring to a family or group of people with the surname or related name of 'Antal'.
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