Ajándék

Meaning:

gift, present

Pronunciation: 

Memory hook:

“AJ  aj captain“, says the sailor, “there are many presents ON DECK!”

Example sentences:

Sajnos elfelejtettem a karácsonyi ajándékokat a boltban. – Unfortunately I forgot the Christmas presents in the shop.

[Unfortunately forgot-I the Christmas-y presents the shop-in.]

“A barát egy ajándék, amit magadnak adsz.”  – “A friend is a gift you give yourself.”  (Robert Louis Stevenson )

[The friend a gift, which for-yourself give-you]

Related terms:

karácsonyi ajándék – Christmas present

születésnapi ajándék – birthday present

saját készítésű ajándék – do-it-yourself-present

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