Irány

Irány

Meaning:

direction

Pronunciation:

Example sentences:

Jó irányba halad az életem.

My life is going in the right direction.

[Good direction-in proceeds the life-my.]

Nem tudom, hogy melyik irányba induljak.

I don’t know in which direction to start.

[Not know-I, that which direction-in start-I.]

Related terms:

égtáj – cardinal point

bal / balra – left / on the left, to the left

jobb / jobbra – right / on the right, to the right

iránytű – compass

merre? – which way? / in which direction?

erre – this way / in this direction

arra – that way / in that direction

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