van kedve

Hungarian

Etymology

From van (“[there] to be, to have”) +‎ kedve (“his/her/its mood”), literally, “to have the mood”. For analogous structures, compare Spanish tener ganas, French avoir envie, Italian avere voglia, and German Lust haben.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvɒŋkɛdvɛ]

Verb

to feel like, to fancy, to care, would like (to), want, to be inclined (towards), to be in the mood (for something: infinitive or -hoz/-hez/-höz)
Synonyms: szeretne (“would like to”), (with the conditional) szívesen (“gladly”)

Van kedved járni velem? ― Would you like to go out with me?

Van kedved egy jó filmhez? ― Do you feel like [watching] a good movie?

Conjugation

For the verb, see van (and nincs for the present-tense third-person negative).
The noun kedv takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: kedvem, kedved, kedve, kedvünk, kedvetek, kedvük.

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