Hír

Hír

Meaning:

news (singular)

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

HERE are the news.

Example sentences:

Érdemes a tévé mellett a netet is használni a hírek olvasására, hogy teljesebb képet kapjunk.

It’s worth to not only use the TV but also the internet for reading the news in order to gain a more thorough insight.

[Worthy the TV next the internet too use the news reading-its-on, so-that more-complete picture receive-shall-we.]

Nagyon jó / rossz híreim vannak.

I have really good / bad news.

[Very good / bad news-my are.]

Related terms:

tévé – TV

rádió – radio

újság – newspaper

hírlevél – newsletter

híradó – newscast

híres – famous (literally: news-y)

hírhedt – infamous

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