hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 961 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
I feel like I'm really lacking Hungarian slang.
Are there any very important slang words that are used very often by Hungarians? Maybe filler words like 'like' in English and common reaction words and mild swear words that I need to know?
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maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew
| Message 962 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 7:56pm | IP Logged |
Hříbeček wrote:
I feel like I'm really lacking Hungarian slang.
Are there any very important slang words that are used very often by Hungarians? Maybe filler words like 'like' in English and common reaction words and mild swear words that I need to know? |
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I am not very good in this matter, but give me a few English examples, and Ill try to answer.
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Kisfroccs Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5409 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| Message 963 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 8:06pm | IP Logged |
I'm really not at your level, but I hear a lot "hát", as a sort of filling word. Often at the beginning of a sentence.
Kisfröccs
(just to know that I'm still here :))
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maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew
| Message 964 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 8:11pm | IP Logged |
Kisfroccs wrote:
I'm really not at your level, but I hear a lot "hát", as a sort of filling word. Often at the beginning of a sentence.
Kisfröccs
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Yes, this is a good example. Used only in spoken language. Practically it is the same as "well" in English, but in Hungarian is considered lower style.
Edited by maxval on 13 December 2011 at 8:14pm
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maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew
| Message 965 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 8:19pm | IP Logged |
Kisfroccs wrote:
I'm really not at your level, but I hear a lot "hát", as a sort of filling word. Often at the beginning of a sentence.
Kisfröccs
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Other examples: tehát, ugye, szóval, nahát, na, nos, dehát.
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hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 966 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 9:50pm | IP Logged |
Thanks for those, that's just what I wanted.
In Czech for example many people (mainly men) say 'ty vole', it can be used in so many ways, to be really rude, to be a filler in slang sentences, to react in surprise and more. I'm sure many foreigners learning Czech outside of the Czech Republic (like me with Hungarian) would never learn it from their books, so are there any words of phrases like that in Hungarian?
English words I'd like to be translated if possible -
oh shit! (when you do something bad unintentionally)
That's awesome (American)/wicked!/brilliant!/great! (British) (when you think something is really good)
You idiot! (when your friend does something wrong and you mean it in a making fun, friendly kind of way)
I just mean words that a foreigner can't really survive in Hungarian without at least understanding.
Edited by hribecek on 13 December 2011 at 9:53pm
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hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 967 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
maxval wrote:
Kisfroccs wrote:
I'm really not at your level, but I hear a lot "hát", as a sort of filling word. Often at the beginning of a sentence.
Kisfröccs
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Other examples: tehát, ugye, szóval, nahát, na, nos, dehát. |
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Are all these used just as fillers without meaning when thrown into the sentence? I know some of them have real meanings too.
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Kisfroccs Bilingual Pentaglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 5409 days ago 388 posts - 549 votes Speaks: French*, German*, EnglishC1, Swiss-German, Hungarian Studies: Italian, Serbo-Croatian
| Message 968 of 1549 13 December 2011 at 10:30pm | IP Logged |
- Na, mi a helyzet ?
- Na, mi van ?
- Mizujs ? Mizu
- Mond / Mondjad
- Figyelj... / Figyelj csak... / Figyuzz.../ Figyi...
- Legyen szíves / Légy szíves / Légyszí / lécci
- Nézd....
- Az a helyzet, hogy...
- ..., Ugye ?
I have others, some I learned unintentionally :).
- b*ssza meg / b*szd meg / b*zdmeg (from weak to worse actually). I think it's one of the most used swear word in Hungarian (but they have so many !), it says f*ck, f*ck this/ that/ you. I don't know if it's useful and okay to put here, but anyway...
- k*rva (for example k*rva jó). Thinks this is widely used in Czech. It is in Croatian :). I think this word is international in these countries.
On a lighter register
- király
- tökjó
- csucs (maybe a bit outdated)
and some I particulary like, but don't know where this comes from
Isten Isten ! = Egészségedre !
I have others too, but I think this will suffice. And I don't know how to say "idiot", or something like "merde" in Hungarian. In French I have the (bad) tendance (as I'm a woman) to swear "unnicely".
Kisfröccs
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