jár

Etymology

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *jorɜ (“roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjaːr]

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Verb

jár

1. (intransitive) to walk

   Kelj föl és járj! ― Stand up and walk.

   Már tud járni a gyerek. ― The child can already walk.

2. to go regularly, to attend

   Iskolába járok - I go to school.

   Villamossal járok munkába. - I go to work by tram.

   Péter sokat jár a kocsmába. - Peter often goes to the pub.

3. to go somewhere, to visit (and then come back)

   Jártál már Kínában? - Have you ever been to China?

4. to be somewhere, to be that far (e.g. in a progress or journey; usually implies approximation)

   Már a táv felénél járok. - I am at half of the distance.

5. to happen to go, to happen to be (implying coincidence, usually used with the modifiers erre, arra)

   Csak erre jártam. - I just happened to be around there.

   Majd szólok, ha arra járok. - I'll tell you if I happen to go there.

6. to be going on

   Mi jár a fejedben? - What's going on inside your head/What are you thinking?

7. to move (intransitive), to move around, to move about repetitively

   Nem jár az órám. - My watch doesn't work/move.

   Mától újra jár a villamos. - The tram is functioning again from today.

8. to go out with somebody, to date (-val/-vel)(girlfriend and boyfriend)
9. to come off somehow; used to describe how an event affects the subject; requires an adverb.

   Jól jártam az üzlettel. - (approx.) I came off well of the business / The business did good to me. / It was wise to do the business. / etc.

   Így jár, aki engem fenyeget. - That's what happens to people who threaten me.

10. to accompany, to bring about, to entail (-val/-vel)

    Ez súlyos következményekkel jár. - This involves serious consequences.

11. is meant to be, to appertain; no English equivalent, see examples

    Az a pénz Janinak jár. - That money is meant to be Jani's. / The right way of things is that Jani gets that money.

    Ezért büntetés jár. - That is to be punished / Punishment is meant to follow that. / One gets punishment for that.

12. (transitive) to dance (to perform a specific dance)

    csárdást táncol ― to dance the csardas