Tör

OHWAD-Basic words

 

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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2 replies
  1. Jesper Kunuk Egede says:

    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

    Reply

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