How many hungarian words are there

Ripacs is really good — I admit I had to google it, though! So yeah, opportunistic might come even closer. And of course I know papucs!! I loved this: I also have one: Rinyavas the hanger above the car door that you hold when you panic in the car. He was driving the car so recklessly I was white knuckling holding very tightly the oh shit handle.

I always have to think about it in English. The problem is that the actor in the expression changes : in Hungarian it is my shampoo that does the act of not being there anymore, while in English it is me who run out of shampoo.

Great word! Yeah, its run out or go out in English, but never thought about the fact that the subject changes! Eg English has bridezilla. What do you end up saying? This is one I always thought was such a great expression in Hungarian! Awesome read! I too was giggling away to myself while reading this list and agree that there are countless words and phrases in Hungarian which simply do not exist in English!

Even though English is my main language and my Hungarian is not as fluent as I would like it to be, I still often stumble across situations during conversation in English where I can easily find Hungarian words to use, but cannot find their equivalent in English! This is why the local Hungarian community to me often throw Hungarian words into English conversation and vice versa.

Hungarian is a wonderfully rich and descriptive language — especially true when a person can swear and curse for 10 straight minutes without repeating themselves!

Haha I agree! Not so easy keeping the language in a different country, right? And my grandparents use this phrase please excuse any spelling or grammatical errors! Not really on topic but village phrases i guess. This was great, love my maternal language and learning more about it. Just one mistake. It does not. It means religious sister, as a nun. But keep up these articles!

Szia Lili, thank you for your comment! Glad you like our page and content! All the best, Juli. It probably comes from the fact the elder sisters usually took care of the younger ones just like nurses take care of the ill. It is malicious joy.

I would comlplete the list with the szusz. You push the szusz out from me. Szusz is the last sigh or breath. We use it when someone makes us run or laugh. It is a cosy, homy tiny place where you can feel at home and comfortably yourself. It is always small room. What about the meg? Is it a phrasal verb or preposition? Sometimes we write it after the verb.

So how would you explain the meaning of the meg.? Thanks for sharing them! Wondering about the meaning. I love this page! Thank you so much for it. Is there an equivalent for my domestic dragon husband? However, since dragons can have all genders, there is no reason not to use it for husbands, as well!

It is a verb and it means eg you sleep in the bed and u move a lot at night that you totally disrupt and wrinkle the sheet under you.

I just love this word!! Who the hell wrote this? I suggest to the author, that visit Hungary, and walk among real people. You should go check them out, they are beautiful. Maybe people who have never seen a lake, also never heard of it.. Hi from Hungary! Thanks to my sister for sending me this link. I loved reading the words I knew and the new ones. S aki kullog, hol marad? Hogy mondjam ezt olaszul?

I love these collections you have created, words, phrases, etc. Thank you! Great words! Perfect for Lockdown Zoom meetings! Does anyone know exactly how to say or write this? Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. This site uses cookies.

In Hungarian-language, words in one sentence can be organised in many ways. For example, Tegnap elmentem a boltba I went to the supermarket yesterday means the same if I say: Elmentem tegnap a boltba, Tegnap a boltba mentem, Boltba mentem tegnap….

Scientists have been working on solving the mystery of the Runic Stone at the Yarmouth County Museum which is a huge stone piece with many languages written on it, and some say, Hungarian is also found on the stone…. But sometimes we just say, yes, that is red and that is all. Hello, my name is John Smith. Call me David. In Hungarian-language the names are in a different order. The We are Social media agency from London presented its annual study regarding the situation of the media.

The most important social media platforms are Facebook and YouTube, and even countries with poor Internet coverage try to keep up with social media. Made a deal with our Hungarian neighbours, if they teach me 1 one new Hungarian word, that I will teach them 10 ten new English words. Stay Well — ALL. Fact Check 3: the english language has a number of Digraphs that are totally alien to Hungarians who have not studied the language. These include sh, ch, th, wh, ck, ph, ng. You must have a mightily developed sense of humour or rose tinted spectacles.

Generally, they are only very friendly when they are trying to screw money out you. However, in a book entitled Hungary, Essential Facts published by MTI Media Bank a journalist, Tamas Vladar, states that ''the Hungarian vocabulary is estimated to be between , and 1,, words'' and, being an agglutinative language, ''computer analysis has shown that Hungarian has some 27 billion inflected, affixed words and word fragments''.

I would appreciate your comments on the subject or, if you prefer, a references to Internet sites, articles or books where I can find comparisons between these two languages yours very truly Ted Elfer Montreal, Canada. The issue of 'how many words does lg.

X have' is really meaningless when comparing languages of different structural types.