Falu
Falu
Meaning:
village
Example sentences:
Egy kis faluban élek Debrecen mellett.
A tiny village-in live-I Debrecen next-to.
I live in a tiny village next to Debrecen.
Falun általában közelebb vagy a természethez, mint egy városban.
Village-on usually closer are-you the nature-to, than a city-in.
In a village, you’re usually closer to nature than in the city.
Related terms:
falusi – rural
ház – house
kert – garden
közösség – community
lakás – flat
lakos – inhabitant
messze – far
szomszéd – neighbor
természet – nature
város – city
Pronunciation of today’s word:
Pronunciation of the example sentences:
A tiny village-in live-I Debrecen next-to.
I live in a tiny village next to Debrecen.
Village-on usually closer are-you the nature-to, than a city-in.
In a village, you’re usually closer to nature than in the city.
Pronunciation of the related terms:
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I think that “in A city” rather than THE city is correct for egy városban. I’m also intrigued by the use of falun rather than faluban but I often get this wrong, for example, the difference between utcán and utcában. Lakom az utcában, de hegedülök az utcán.