Betű

Betű

Meaning:

letter (graphic character)

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Egy betűt sem írt nekem András Kanadából.

A letter(acc.) neither wrote for-me András Canada-out-of.

András didn’t write me a single letter from Canada.

A gy-betűt elég nehéz kimondani a külföldieknek.

The gy-letter(acc.) quite hard to-out-say the foreigners-for.

The letter “gy” is quite hard to pronounce for foreigners.

Related terms:

ábécé – alphabet

beszél – to speak

hang – sound

ír – to write

kisbetű – lowercase

mondat – sentence

nagybetű – uppercase, capital letter

szó – word

szótag – syllable

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