hanem
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Etymology ===
ha + nem
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈhɒnɛm]
Hyphenation: ha‧nem
Rhymes: -ɛm
=== Conjunction ===
hanem
but (instead); the preceding clause contains a negative statement and the following clause contains the correction needed to make it positive. See the example.
Nem a postára megyek, hanem a boltba. ― I'm not going to the post office but to the store.
=== Further reading ===
hanem in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.