Csillag

Meaning:

star

Releated video:

Listen to “67-es út” (Street 67) from super famous 90-s rock band Republic and hear how they sing “Csillagok, csillagok…” on the top of their lungs in the refrain. 🙂

Pronunciation: 

Memory hook:

Let’s CHILL and look At the stars.

Example sentences:

A baràtok olyanok, mint a csillagok: Nem mindig làtod őket, de tudod, hogy mindig ott vannak.

Friends are like stars; you cannot always see them but you know they’re always there.

[The friends like(pl.), as the stars: Not always see-you them but know-you, that always there are.]

annyi, mint csillag az égen – as many, as stars in the sky (i.e. there’s a lot of sth)

[as-many, as star the sky-on]

Related terms:

betlehemi/karácsonyi csillag – Christmas star

tengeri csillag – sea star

csillog – to twinkle/sparkle

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