Daily magyar

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Én, aki egy szót sem tud magyarul vs. A barátom / barátnőm haverjai, rokonai: "De kicsit már értesz magyarul, ugye?"

királynő [ˈkiraːjnøː] – queen   (Literally: king-woman) királyné [ˈkiraːjneː] – queen consort  (the wife of a reigning king) (Literally: king's wife) király [ˈkiraːj] – king nő [ˈnøː] – woman -né [ˈneː] – wife of... (For example: Kovács Istvánné – István Kovács's wife. This form is still used in Hungary in official occasions, where the wife is not called by her name (Kovács Eszter), but she is called as Kovács Istvánné.)

hullámvasút [ˈhulːaːmvɑʃuːt] – roller coaster (Literally: wave-iron-road; wave-railway) hullám [ˈhulːaːm] – wave vasút [ˈvɑʃuːt] – railway vas [ˈvɑʃ] – iron út [ˈuːt] – way; road; trip; path utazás [ˈutɑzaːʃ] – trip; journey; travelling Photo: dlohner (Pixabay)

nyihaha [ˈɲihɑhɑ] – neigh (the sound of a horse) nyerítés [ˈɲɛriːteːʃ] – neigh; neighing; whinnying; whinny nyerít [ˈɲɛriːt] – he/she/it is neighing; he/she/it is whinnying nyeríteni [ˈɲɛriːtɛni] 1) to neigh; to whinny 2) to laugh boisterously; to have a horselaugh ló [ˈloː] – horse lovak [ˈlovɑk] – horses Photo: Hier und jetzt endet leider meine Reise auf Pixabay aber (Pixabay)

soha [ˈʃohɑ] – never sohase [ˈʃohɑʃɛ] – never sohasem [ˈʃohɑʃɛm] – never sosem [ˈʃoʃɛm] – never sose [ˈʃoʃɛ] – never semmikor sem [ˈʃɛmːikor ʃɛm] – never; at no time semmikor se [ˈʃɛmːikor ʃɛ] – never; at no time semmikor [ˈʃɛmːikor] – never; at no time semmi [ˈʃɛmːi] – nothing kor [ˈkor] – age; era; period; epoch sem [ˈʃɛm] – neither; not even nem [ˈnɛm] 1) no 2) sex; gender sohanapján [ˈʃohɑnɑpjaːn] – never; at no time nap [ˈnɑp] 1) day 2) sun

Az erőd legyen veled! [ˈɑz ˈɛrøːd lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May the fortress be with you! Az erőd legyen veled! [ˈɑz ˈɛrøːd lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May your force be with you! Az Erő legyen veled! [ˈɑz ˈɛrøː lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May the Force be with you! Az erdő legyen veled! [ˈɑz ˈɛrdøː lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May the forest be with you! Az erdőd legyen veled! [ˈɑz ˈɛrdøːd lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May your forest be with you! Erdőd legyen veled! [ˈɛrdøːd lɛɟɛn vɛlɛd] – May Erdőd/Ardud be with you! erő [ˈɛrøː] – strength; force; power erőd [ˈɛrøːd] 1) your force; your power 2) fortress; fort; stronghold erdő [ˈɛrdøː] – forest erdőd [ˈɛrdøːd] – your forest Erdőd [ˈɛrdøːd] or Ardud, a town situated in Romania.

Image: Sándor Benkő's dia film strip.

hulló [ˈhulːoː] – falling hüllő [ˈhylːøː] – reptile hűlő [ˈhyːløː] – growing cold; cooling hullani [ˈhulːɑni] 1) to fall (snow) 2) to flow (tears) [e.g.: hullanak a könnyeim – my tears are flowing] 3) to fall out (hair) [e.g.: hullik a hajam – my hair is falling out/falls out] 4) to die [e.g.: hullanak, mint a legyek – they are dying off like flies] hűlni [ˈhyːløː] – to grow cold; to get cool hűvös [ˈhyːvøʃ] – cool (weather) hűs [ˈhyːʃ] – cool (weather) hűsölni [ˈhyːʃølni] – to rest in the shade; to rest in a cool place

kakukkfű [ˈkɑkukːfyː] – thyme kakukk [ˈkɑkukː] – cuckoo fű [ˈfyː] – grass Photo: Hans Braxmeier (Pixabay)

Not to be confused with the English word "pussy". ;) puszi [ˈpusi] – peck :*  pusszancs [ˈpusːɑntʃ] – peck; kiss (slang) megpuszilni [ˈmegpusilni] – to give a peck csók [ˈtʃoːk] – kiss csókolózni [ˈtʃoːkoloːzni] – to be kissing; to be snogging csókolódzni [ˈtʃoːkoloːdzni] – to be kissing; to be snogging (archaic) csókolódzás [ˈtʃoːkoloːdzaːʃ] – kissing; snogging (archaic) csókolózás [ˈtʃoːkoloːzaːʃ] – kissing; snogging megcsókolni [ˈmegtʃoːkolni] – to kiss

fiaiéiért [ˈfiɑieːieːrt] – for his/her sons’ (things); for those (things) that belong to his/her sons fiaiéi [ˈfiɑieːi] – his/her sons’ (many things – plural subject) (e.g.: those things are her sons’) fiaiért [ˈfiɑieːrt] – for his/her sons fiaié [ˈfiɑieː] – his/her sons’ (one thing – singular subject belonging to his/her sons) fiai [ˈfiɑi] – his/her sons fia [ˈfiɑ] – his/her son fiaé [ˈfiɑeː]; fiáé [ˈfiaːeː] – his/her son’s (singular subject) (e.g.: that thing is her son’s) fiaéi [ˈfiɑeːi]; fiáéi [ˈfiaːeːi] – his/her son’s (plural subject) (e.g.: those things are her son’s) fiaéiért [ˈfiɑeːieːrt]; fiáéiért [ˈfiaːeːieːrt] – for his/her son’s (things); for those (things) that belong to his/her son fiú [ˈfiuː] – boy For example: - Az egyenruhákat osztogatták. Dóra a fiaiéiért jött. – They were handing out the uniforms. Dóra came for her sons’. - Mindent megtenne a fiaiért. – She would do everything for her sons.

A macska rúgja meg! [ˈɑ mɑtʃkɑ ruːgjɑ meg] (Literally: May the cat kick it!) This old-fashioned and mild Hungarian swearing can be used as a replacement for "Damn!", "Damn it!". macska [ˈmɑtʃkɑ] – cat rúgni [ˈruːgni] – to kick Photo: photosforyou (Pixabay)

drusza [ˈdrusɑ] – namesake (of the given name) névrokon [ˈneːvrokon] – namesake (of the surname) (Literally: name-relative) R.I.P. Lajos Ádám, dance teacher, my névrokon, who's taught our class different dances for our elementary school senior prom night. As he did teach many generations of mainly Hungarians in South Slovakia during his long carreer: article 1, article 2 (both in Hungarian) név [ˈneːv] – name rokon [ˈrokon] – relative

Hátrább az agarakkal! [ˈhaːtraːbː ɑz ɑgɑrɑkːal] – Hold your horses!; Pipe down!; Be more modest! (rather archaic saying) (Literally: Back with the greyhounds!) Hátrébb az agarakkal! [ˈhaːtreːbː ɑz ɑgɑrɑkːal] (dialectical version) This saying was originally used in the meaning of: Do not show off with your greyhounds!; Do not demand special rights for yourself by referring to your greyhounds! In the past, noblemen would often show off with their greyhounds, compare them between each-other, deal with which of them has the prettiest, most skilled one, etc. Greyhound companies, contests were created, and generally they spent a lot on greyhounds. hátrább [ˈhaːtraːbː] 1) aback; more to the back 2) backwards; move back; back hátra [ˈhaːtrɑ] – to the back; backward hát [ˈhaːt] 1) back (part of body) 2) well... agár [ˈɑgaːr] – greyhound; sighthound Hungarian explanation here.

csigavér [ˈtʃigɑveːr] 1) slow, calm, considered response 2) Relax!; Hold your horses!; Patience!; Chill out!; Calm down!; No hurry! csiga [ˈtʃigɑ] 1) snail 2) pulley (one of the simple machines) 3) (anatomy) cochlea (spirally coiled cavity of the inner ear) vér [ˈveːr] – blood 🩸 Photo: Ray Zhou (Unsplash)

eső [ˈɛʃøː] 1) rain 2) falling (adjective) esik [ˈɛʃik] 1) it’s raining 2) he/she/it is falling; he/she/it falls esni [ˈɛʃni] 1) to fall 2) to rain 3) to make somebody feel somehow (e.g.: Hogy esne neked, ha…?‎ – How would you like/feel if …?) 4) (intransitive) to happen (e.g.: Úgy esett, hogy …‎ – It happened that …) Photo: Gabriel Ádám - linkingabo