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    Nagy Vilmos
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    Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

    Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

    Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

    Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

    veni bibi saltavi

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      Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

      Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

      Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

      Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

      veni bibi saltavi

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      At the sight of a fake, marble dragon girl's saliva. I have whole days like that!

      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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        At the sight of a fake, marble dragon girl's saliva. I have whole days like that!

        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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        Nagy Vilmos
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        When you start adding all the prefixes and suffixes to a word things can get *really* complicated. It's like German would be if German could only grow up and really go for it in building composite words. :laugh:

        veni bibi saltavi

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          When you start adding all the prefixes and suffixes to a word things can get *really* complicated. It's like German would be if German could only grow up and really go for it in building composite words. :laugh:

          veni bibi saltavi

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          Kenneth Haugland
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          You gotta remember that the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän could visit Hungary as well :laugh:

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            You gotta remember that the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän could visit Hungary as well :laugh:

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            Kenneth Haugland wrote:

            You gotta remember that the Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän could visit Hungary as well :laugh:

            FTFY

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              You gotta remember that the Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän could visit Hungary as well :laugh:

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              Is he a member of the Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft[^]?

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                Is he a member of the Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft[^]?

                Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                Even for a german that's hardly understandable :wtf:

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                  Even for a german that's hardly understandable :wtf:

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                  OriginalGriff
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                  Hah! Try Welsh place names some day! :laugh:

                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • N Nagy Vilmos

                    Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                    Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                    Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                    Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                    veni bibi saltavi

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    Surely that should be "Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese e Chrissie Waddel y Ryan Giggs"

                    This space for rent

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                      Surely that should be "Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese e Chrissie Waddel y Ryan Giggs"

                      This space for rent

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                      Nagy Vilmos
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                      Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                      Chrissie Waddel és birkakurvat Ryan Giggs

                      ftfy [Dare you check?]

                      veni bibi saltavi

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                        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                        Chrissie Waddel és birkakurvat Ryan Giggs

                        ftfy [Dare you check?]

                        veni bibi saltavi

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                        Google translate doesn't know it!

                        Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                          Google translate doesn't know it!

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          Nagy Vilmos
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                          Google doesn't know *everything*, birka is sheep and I'll leave the rest as an exercise for the reader. :laugh:

                          veni bibi saltavi

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                            Google doesn't know *everything*, birka is sheep and I'll leave the rest as an exercise for the reader. :laugh:

                            veni bibi saltavi

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                            Sheeps give 'un loads of exercise... ;)

                            Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                              Sheeps give 'un loads of exercise... ;)

                              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                              Nagy Vilmos
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                              Loads of exercise, with wellies! :laugh:

                              veni bibi saltavi

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                                Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                                Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                                Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                                Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                                veni bibi saltavi

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                                szukuro
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                                To be fair English has some of those weird sentences as well Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo[^]. Also shame on them for leaving the phrase árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép out. :laugh:

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                                  Hah! Try Welsh place names some day! :laugh:

                                  Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                  Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch It's pronounced just like it's spelt, I'm told. That's quite a relief... :~

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                                    To be fair English has some of those weird sentences as well Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo[^]. Also shame on them for leaving the phrase árvíztűrő tükörfúrógép out. :laugh:

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                                    Nagy Vilmos
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                                    Gyere, Gyuri, a gyufagyárba, gyertyát gyújtsunk!

                                    veni bibi saltavi

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                                      Gyere, Gyuri, a gyufagyárba, gyertyát gyújtsunk!

                                      veni bibi saltavi

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                                      Gesundheit! :~

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                                        Gesundheit! :~

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                                        Nagy Vilmos
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                                        egészségedre!

                                        veni bibi saltavi

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                                        • N Nagy Vilmos

                                          Hungarian is a bloody pain in the situpons. A lovely example of how broken it is is this grammatically and almost sensible sentence:

                                          Miraculous curiosities of the Hungarian language ‹ Daily News Hungary[^]:

                                          Te tetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

                                          Totally ridiculous and means "You did this pretended action, you, the delinquent of pretended actions." It does get worse, if you read down. :laugh:

                                          veni bibi saltavi

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                                          Hi Nagy, Greets from a country where "mai mai mai mai mai," can mean "new wood doesn't burn, does it ?" Or, "pom ma" can mean "I came/am coming/will come," or "I'm a dog." These choice words from Hungarian are wonderful, could you please record yourself speaking them slowly, and post links to the audio files here :) cheers, Bill

                                          «In art as in science there is no delight without the detail ... Let me repeat that unless these are thoroughly understood and remembered, all “general ideas” (so easily acquired, so profitably resold) must necessarily remain but worn passports allowing their bearers short cuts from one area of ignorance to another.» Vladimir Nabokov, commentary on translation of “Eugene Onegin.”

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