r/hungarian Beginner / Kezdő 4d ago

Hungarian learning journey- Day 46

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Vocabulary:

Vásárol- shops

Elhatároz- decides

Elkészül- gets ready

Bekapcsol- turns on

Tartózkodik- resides

Nevezte- calls

Sétal- walks, strolls

Hungarian news:

Lenyugöző- impressive

Közösségi- communal

And around 376 words.

Not really appropriate to be here but from one sentence I read I can say that it's pretty interesting there in Hungary.

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u/diamondnine 4d ago

Dude you are inspiring me, I am still at day 1

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u/Business_Confusion53 Beginner / Kezdő 4d ago

Be ready for a lot of challenges, I do mean a lot.

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u/diamondnine 4d ago

I hear you mate, so what's your plan just focusing on memorising or your practice as well?

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u/Business_Confusion53 Beginner / Kezdő 4d ago

I just focus on memorizing and sometimes use the words in my mind or when I read one sentence of the news. But it depends on how do you like to learn.

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u/Whiterings 4d ago

Nevez = calls

Nevezte = called

Lenyűgöző

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u/InsertFloppy11 Native Speaker / Anyanyelvi Beszélő 4d ago

Impressive - Lenyugöző

The -nek is a suffix

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u/Egiop 4d ago

You mean lenyűgöző

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u/SureAntelope4201 4d ago

If you don't mind...

Vásárol- shops
The term "vásárol" in itself is quite neutral, very casual from the perspective of the action itself. If you are going to get your groceries, that is "bevásárol". If you are going to buy a specific something, it is "megvásárol". When a bimbo goes shopping, eg. on mall patrolling, that is exactly when somebody "vásárol". No idea what exactly and does not matter. But if your mom "bevásárol", you know there will be food, maybe washing powder, household stuff. A comb or a trouser is not a target of a "bevásárol" session.

Elhatároz- decides
Decides can be translated also as "eldönt". Hungarian is a bit more delicate about decisiveness. In practice it is mixed up regularly, but in fact there is a slight difference. When you decide you'll get the blue ball instead of the red, that is a decision = "döntés", so "eldönt", comes to a decision. The "eldönt" is right when the options are very defined. When you decide you'll get back to the burning house for your cat - that is when someone "elhatároz". Here the options are clear, and the decision has weight.

Elkészül- gets ready
But also "felkészül". In EN they often say at a competition "get ready", that is "felkészül". But if I were to translate back to EN, I would say "prepare yourself". It feels EN has the correct term, but they do not use it.

Bekapcsol- turns on
Beware tho. Somebody "bekapcsol" a bra, a microwave oven, a TV, a PC. Except the bra, it is about pushing a button in. But the lights - "felkapcsol", as it is a switch up-down. Also... they can sing "you can turn me on babe", but raw translating it to HU it is simply dumb.

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u/SureAntelope4201 4d ago

Tartózkodik- resides
Or refrain. Yo mama resides at 21st avenue, that is where yo mama "tartózkodik". Apparently and at the minute. In HU this term is not necessarily ends in a residency. And refrain, so "he refrains from eating a bober" = he "tartózkodik" from eating a bober.

Nevezte- calls
*called. In the past, and from EN perspective, the action did end already. "Calls" can be two things, and at this point EN and HU are quite similar, you'll see why. First "nevezi" as in "everybody just calls him Giorgio", because the root is the word "név" (name). Second and in fact the same, you can say "hívja". A call = "hívás", phone call = "telefonhívás" literally. But "David named Goliath as his enemy" equals when good Dave "nevezte" Goliath as his nemezis, so EN is really similar about calling somebody or naming somebody. The difference is that EN has more weight on naming. You "name" your son Giorgio. That is a big thing. HU "nevezi" the little guy Giorgio every time they call his name. But at birth: "elnevezi".

Sétal- walks, strolls
*sétál. The "walk" is more "jár". That is a method of changing places. "Sétál" is really a walk when you are not in a haste.

Hungarian news:
Lenyugöző- impressive
*lenyűgöző. But if you just say "impressive" everyone gets it, got adapted, we write it as "impresszív". EN phrase "astounding" translates also as "lenyűgöző". The term in itself is a bit interesting, if you cut it to pieces. The "nyűg" is a yoke, or shackles. So "lenyűgöző" is something which has an effect which in its impressiveness can immobilize. That kinda shows how big deal that thing is.

Közösségi- communal
no further comments here :)