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Szia Lenke!

Ez így tényleg vicces! :)

Helyesen "háziorvos". 😉

Köszönjük a hozzászólást!

Zsuzsanna

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Kedvenc magyar szavam a „házi cipő”. Anyanyelvem német, és a „hazi” úgy hangzik, mint „Hasi”, jelentése „nyúl” a gyermekek nyelvén. A „házi cipő” úgy hangzik, mint „nyuszi cipő”. Egyéb szavak kombinációit, például a „házi feladat”, a „házi munka” és a "háziorvos" is találom viccesnek. - Helyes: "házi orvos" és "háziorvos"?

Mein ungarisches Lieblingswort ist „házi cipő”. Meine Muttersprache ist Deutsch und „házi” klingt wie „Hasi”, also „Hase” in der Kindersprache. „Hausschuhe” hört sich an wie „Häschen Schuhe”. Auch andere Wortkombinationen wie „házi feladat", "házi munka” und „háziorvos” finde ich deswegen lustig. - Kann man "háziorvos" zusammen und auch getrennt schreiben?

Kedves Lenke!

Köszönjük a listát és a magyarázatokat!❤️️

Így tényleg könnyebb megjegyezni a szavakat. 👍

Zsuzsanna

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Jó napot, kedves HungarianPod101.com csapat!

Itt a listám. Ezeket a szavakat könnyű kitalálni:

10 Hungarian Easily Recognizable Words (for German-speaking People with a Little Bit of Imagination)

1. virsli = “sausage” (see the Bavarian “Würstl”)

2. muszáj = “must be” (see the German “muss sein”)

3. polgármester = “mayor” (see the German “Bürgermeister”)

4. petrezselyem = “parsley” (see the Latin “Petroselinum”, in German “Petersilie”)

5. bakfis = “teenage girl” (see the German “Backfisch”)

6. copf = “pigtail” (see the German “Zopf”)

7. zsemle = “bun, roll” (see the Bavarian “Semmel”)

8. spájz = “pantry, larder” (see the German “Speisekammer”)

9. radír(gumi) = “eraser” (see the German “Radiergummi”)

10. giccs = “kitsch” (see the German “Kitsch”)

Hi Louis,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us! Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers,

Khanh

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Ujj is probably one of my favorite words in Hungarian. Funny how "finger" and "new" sounds exactly the same when pronounced though.

Szia Marina,

Thank you very much for your comment!

You are right, űrhajós is actually composed of űr which means space and hajós which means sailor! :sunglasses:

Please don't hesitate to send us more words that you like!

Good luck!

Dorottya

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űrhajós

I love how Hungarian words have such interesting meaningless when broken apart.

Hi Eduard,

Thank you for pointing that out. We'll pay more attention to that particular phrasing problem.

Szia and sziasztok are absolutely fine in Hungary and are not considered slang. :smile:

Do you mean that these two greetings are not formal?

That is correct, both of these words are used when you're greeting people in their 20s-30s or when you already know them (you are on friendly terms with them). Formal and informal are quite complicated in Hungarian but the tendency has been formal losing ground to informal in the past few decades.

Nonetheless, we can assure you that Szia! to a friend is absolutely fine and it has nothing to do with classes. Much like saying "hi" is a better choice than "Good afternoon" when you're meeting a friend.

Thank you for your comments! If you have any questions regarding the use of formal and informal Hungarian, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Csaba

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Hi Eva!

Thank you for posting! I am glad you enjoyed it! :innocent:

Engla

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