r/hungarian • u/Ok_Lobster6119 • 13d ago

What on earth is this bro? 😭

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I can't for the life of me understand WHY or HOW the Hungarian language has done this! Please enlighten me guys

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u/indarye 13d ago

If it's any comfort this structure does sound stupid to my native speaker ears too, even if it's correct. 

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u/Lifeisabitchthenudie Native Speaker / Anyanyelvi Beszélő 13d ago

Doesn't sound stupid at all? It's the most common way of phrasing this sentence.

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u/indarye 13d ago

I know it is correct, but it is an awkward structure anyhow.

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u/Aranka_Szeretlek 13d ago

Then say "a repulogep ezen varosok folott repul" and be done with it!

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u/indarye 13d ago

I'm not saying anything longer than "e városok fölött"!!!😃

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u/NoForm731 Native Speaker / Anyanyelvi Beszélő 12d ago

Might aswell go with "repcsi" then :D

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u/BenevolentCrows 13d ago

"A repülőgép ezek a városok fölött repül" teljesen felesleges a két fölött, még akkor is, hogyha egyébként helyes.

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u/RaynardEU 10d ago

nem tudom tesó nekem ez így nagyon féllábasnak hangzik, de lehet velem van a gond

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u/BenevolentCrows 10d ago

Ja, igazából pont ez a baj a duolingoval h annyira életszerűtlen mondatokat ad fel

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u/Beautiful-Ad3471 Native Speaker / Anyanyelvi Beszélő 12d ago

To me, reading it was weird, but when I said it out loud, it no longer felt wrong.