Tör
Tör
Meaning:
To break, to speak a language not entirely fluently
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
She breaks out in TEARs.
Example sentences:
Flo egy kicsit töri a magyart.
Flo doesn’t speak Hungarian entirely fluently.
[He a little breaks the Hungarian(acc.)]
Törj magadnak nyugodtan a csokiból!
Feel free to break yourself a piece off the chocolate bar.
[Break-you for-you calmly the chocolate-from!]
Related terms:
tört – a fraction (math.)
töredék – a fractional amount of sth.
törmelék – debris
Not to be confused with:
tőr – a dagger (knife)
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Should there be a ‘He’ in both sentences above?
He egy kicsit töri a magyart.
He doesn’t speak Hungarian entirely fluently.
Happy Easter <3
Hi Jesper!! Good eye! Our bad. We just changed it to “Flo” 😉 “He” doesn’t exist in Hungarian, obviously 😉 Thanks & Happy Easter to You, too!