Görbe

Görbe

Meaning:

curved, bent

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

A GORE is a sector of a curved surface

Example sentences:

Sárga bögre, görbe bögre. (A Hungarian tongue-twister – try to say it out loud multiple times in a row!)

Yellow mug, curved mug.

[Yellow mug, curved mug.]

A hattyúnak görbe a nyaka.

A swan has a bent neck.

[The swan-to bent the neck-of.]

Related terms:

egyenes – straight

kanyar – curve

ferde – crooked / awry

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