No. 577 in Hungarian
egyébként
"Otherwise," "by the way," or "apart from that."
In a sentence
Egyébként te is jössz a moziba este?
By the way, are you also coming to the cinema tonight?
Here, 'egyébként' is used as a conversational transition, similar to 'by the way' in English.
Egyébként nem szeretem a csokit, de ez finom volt.
Otherwise, I don't like chocolate, but this was tasty.
In this sentence, 'egyébként' expresses an alternative or contrasting information, comparable to 'otherwise'.
Egyébként nem tudtam, hogy ilyen jól rajzolsz.
Actually, I didn't know you could draw so well.
Here, 'egyébként' introduces a remark or realization, akin to 'actually' or 'come to think of it' in English.
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