Alszik

Alszik

Meaning:

to sleep

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

I go to sleep now, I am SICK of it ALL.

Example sentences:

Úgy elfáradtam hétközben, hogy egész hétvégén aludtam.

I got so tired during the week that I slept through the whole weekend.

[So tired-got-I during-the-week, that whole weekend-on slept-I.]

Háromszor elaludtam, mire végre vége lett az órámnak.

I fell asleep three times before my class was finally over.

[Three-times fell-asleep-I, until finally end became the class-my.]

Related terms:

lefekszik – to go to sleep / to bed / this is also the “sexual term”: lefekszik valakivel: to sleep with someone

felébred – to wake up

felkel – to get up

horkol – to snore

álmodik – to dream

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