Néma
Néma
Meaning:
dumb, mute
Example sentences:
Néma gyereknek anyja se érti a szavát.
Mute child-for mother-his/hers neither understands-it the word-his/hers.
Not even their mother will understand a mute child. [Hungarian saying, meaning: If you don’t ask you don’t get.]
A néma emberek jelbeszéddel kommunikálnak.
The mute people sign language-with communicate-they.
Mute people communicate via sign language.
Related terms:
beszél – to speak
hang – voice
hangos – loud
hangszál – vocal cord
jelbeszéd – sign language
mond – to say
suttog – to whisper
süket – deaf
süketnéma – deaf-mute
vak – blind
Pronunciation of today’s word:
Pronunciation of the Example Sentences:
Mute child-for mother-his/hers neither understands-it the word-his/hers.
Not even their mother will understand a mute child. [Hungarian saying, meaning: If you don’t ask you don’t get.]
The mute people sign language-with communicate-they.
Mute people communicate via sign language.
Pronunciation of the Related Terms:
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Presumably this is a neutral way to refer to someone in Hungarian? In English it would generally be considered offensive to refer to a person as ‘mute’ or ‘deaf-mute’.