Furcsa

Furcsa, fura

Meaning:

Strange, odd, weird

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

FOR Jack everything is strange.

Example sentences:

Néha furcsa hangulata van Budapestnek.

Sometimes, Budapest has a strange atmosphere.

[Sometimes strange atmosphere-of is-there Budapest-of.]

Elsőre nagyon fura a magyar nyelv.

Hungarian is a very weird language at first.

[First-on very weird the Hungarian language.]

Related terms:

megszokott – common, usual, ordinary

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