Tanya

Tanya

Meaning:

farm

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

TANYA is working on a farm.

Example sentences:

A tanyasi élet sokszor keményebb, mint a városi.

Life on a farm is often harder than in the city.

[The farm-y life often harder, than the urban.]

Egy tanyán nőttem fel, de most már egy városban lakom.

I grew up on a farm, but now I live in a city.

[A farm-on grew-I up, but now already a city-in live-I.]

Related terms:

farm – another word for “tanya”

mező – meadow

tehén / boci – cow

disznó / malac – pig

tyúk – chicken

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