oltalmába vesz

Hungarian

Etymology

oltalom (“protection”) +‎ -a (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -ba (“into”, case suffix) +‎ vesz (“to take”), literally “to take into one's protection”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoltɒlmaːbɒvɛs]

Verb

oltalmába vesz

1. (transitive) to protect someone (to take someone under one's protection)

Usage notes

The word order can change according to the sentence structure:

• Oltalmamba vettem őket. ― I took them under my protection.
• Vedd őket oltalmadba! ― Take them under your protection!

Conjugation

• For the verb, see vesz.
• The noun oltalom takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the case suffix: oltalmamba, oltalmadba, oltalmába, oltalmunkba, oltalmatokba, oltalmukba.