No. 33 in Hungarian
volna
"Volna" is a Hungarian conditional auxiliary verb meaning "would be" or indicating hypothetical situations.
In a sentence
Ha több időm volna, többet olvasnék.
If I had more time, I would read more.
In this sentence, "volna" is used in the second conditional to represent an unreal or hypothetical situation.
Bárcsak fiatalabb volna!
I wish I were younger!
Here, "volna" expresses a wish or desire about a situation that is not real.
Lehet, hogy otthon volna, ha nem dolgozna.
He might be at home if he were not working.
"Volna" is used here with a hypothetical implication of someone being at home instead of working.
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