Postby community.hungarian » April 17th, 2016 7:39 pm
Hello!
Thank you for your question.
In Hungarian, the long form of "sz" is simply written "ssz" instead of "szsz". The same rule is true for other double consonants when they are long:
gy - ggy
cs - ccs
ly - lly
ny - nny
ty - tty
zs - zzs
When pronouncing, we don't pronounce the first letter, it only serve as a way to double the sound. In this case, kassza will be pronounced "kasa" but with a well pronounced stress on the s sound. Here, the first s, so the sound "sch" is not pronounced.
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