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  • N Nagy Vilmos

    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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    • K Kenneth Haugland

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

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      U G Leander
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      Kenneth Haugland wrote:

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

      FTFY

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      • K Kenneth Haugland

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

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        Is he a member of the Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft[^]?

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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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          U G Leander
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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...

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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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            • 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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                • N Nagy Vilmos

                  Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

                  Chrissie Waddel és birkakurvat Ryan Giggs

                  ftfy [Dare you check?]

                  veni bibi saltavi

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                  OriginalGriff
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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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                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                      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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                      OriginalGriff
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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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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        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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                        • 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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                          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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                            Johnny J
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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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                            • S szukuro

                              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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                              • N Nagy Vilmos

                                Gyere, Gyuri, a gyufagyárba, gyertyát gyújtsunk!

                                veni bibi saltavi

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                                Johnny J
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                                Gesundheit! :~

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                                Me, all the time

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                                  Gesundheit! :~

                                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                  Anonymous
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                                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                  Winston Churchill, 1944
                                  -----
                                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                  Me, all the time

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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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                                    • N Nagy Vilmos

                                      egészségedre!

                                      veni bibi saltavi

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                                      Johnny J
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                                      Typical. All other languages have words for "Cheers" that people can actually pronounce when they're sloshed. Leave it to the Hungarians to be different... ;)

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                                      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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                                      Me, all the time

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                                      • B BillWoodruff

                                        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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                                        Nagy Vilmos
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                                        You'll get a fair idea here[^]; when I try I think I put in too many te's :laugh:

                                        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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                                          Sander Rossel
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                                          I really expected an update to some language or another (C#, Java, C++, what have you) :)

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                                          Regards, Sander

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