No. 19 in Hungarian
olyan
"Such" or "like that."
In a sentence
Az ételét olyan gyorsan elfogyasztotta, hogy észre sem vettük.
He ate his food so quickly that we didn't even notice.
Olyan is used to intensify the adjective 'quickly', meaning 'so'.
Ez a szoba olyan szép, mint a másik.
This room is as beautiful as the other.
Olyan establishes a comparison, meaning 'as'.
Van olyan ember, aki mindig segíteni akar.
There are people who always want to help.
Olyan describes an indefinite quality or example, here meaning 'a kind' or 'a type'.
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