Hely

Meaning:

place

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

HEY that’s a cool place.

Example sentences:

Mi a kedvenc helyed Budapesten?

What’s your favourite place in Budapest?

[What the favourite place-yours Budapest-on?]

Helyenként értelmetlen a könyv, amit olvasok.

Some parts of the book I’m reading are nonsense.

[At-some-places nonsense the book, that read-I.]

Related terms:

helyes – correct (lit. place-y)

helytelen – incorrect (lit. placeless)

helyi – a person who’s “from here” (lit. from-place)

helyzet – situation

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