Így and ilyen
A follower asked me to talk about the differences between így and ilyen.
- Így means "this way", so basically it describes how an action is performed. Therefore, it is used with verbs.
- Ilyen means "like this", and it is used with nouns, adjectives and adverbs.
Examples with English translation as close as possible:
- Én így főzök kávét = I make coffee this way
- Én ezt nem így csinálom = I don't do this this way.
- Te így jössz? = Are you coming this way? Referring to the clothes the other person is wearing (before leaving for a program etc)
- Ilyen autót szeretnék = I want a car like this (noun)
- Nem tudtam, hogy a lángos ilyen finom = I didn't know that lángos was tasty like this (adjective)
- Nem tudtam, hogy ilyen jól beszélsz magyarul = I didn't know that you speak (present tense) Hungarian well like this (adverb)
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♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation