locsolóvers

There is a lot of sprinkling poems, but this one is the traditional one, that everyone knows. 🙂

locsolóvers [ˈlotʃoloːvɛrʃ] – sprinkling poem
locsoló [ˈlotʃoloː] – sprinkler (boy)
locsolni [ˈlotʃolni] – to sprinkle

húsvéthétfő [ˈhuːʃveːt heːtføː] – Easter Monday
hímes tojás [ˈhiːmeʃtojaːʃ] – decorated Hungarian Easter egg

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On Easter Monday the girls must be sprinkled, because they are flowers, and as those, they need water to stay fresh, healthy and beautiful. 🙂
So the boys come to the girl’s house and the girl opens the door. The boy has to recite a sprinkle-poem (locsolóvers) ending with the question “Szabad-e locsolni? (May I sprinkle?)”, in order to ask for permission from the girl that he can sprinkle her. If the girl likes the poem, she says “Szabad (locsolni).” (you may sprinkle) and then the boy sprinkles her with a glass of water, bucket of water, perfume or anything.

After that the girl may or may not kiss the boy on his face and gives the boy a decorated-egg (hímes tojás), chocolate or nowadays also money. Then the girl invites the boy into their house and offers him food, cakes and something to drink. The boy stays there for a while and then leaves to visit an other girl. 🙂

You can read more about the Hungarian Easter traditions here, here and here.

Lengyelország

Lengyelország [ˈlɛnɟɛlorsaːɡ] – Poland

lengyel [ˈlɛnɟɛl] – Polish

ország [ˈorsaːɡ] – country; land

 

lengyen [ˈlɛnɟɛn] – Polish (old-Hungarian word)

lęndzšanь – old East-Slavic word, means “dweller of wasteland/virgin-soil”

1848. március 15.

The Hungarian Revolution and War of Independece of 1848/49 started on the 15th of March in 1848. Nowadays it is a national holiday, celebrated all across the country every year with interesting programs and commemoration venues in every major and minor city in Hungary.

This holiday is also commemorated in the Slovakian, Romanian, Serbian and Ukrainian cities, where Hungarians live… but it’s not a public holiday, so we must go to work… and celebrate after.

forradalom [ˈforːɑdɑlom] – revolution

szabadságharc [ˈsɑbɑdʃːaːɡhɑrts] – war of independence

szabadság [ˈsɑbɑdʃːaːɡ] – liberty; freedom

szabad  [ˈsɑbɑd]

1) free; open; vacant; unoccupied

2) allowed

harc [ˈhɑrts] – battle; fight

nemzeti [ˈnɛmzɛti] – national; vernacular

nemzet [ˈnɛmzɛt] – nation

dal [ˈdɑl] – song

vértanú [ˈveːrtɑnuː] – martyr

vér [ˈveːr] – blood

tanú [ˈtɑnuː] – witness

“Esküszünk, hogy rabok tovább

nem leszünk!”

Az 1848/49-es forradalom és szabadságharc – The Hungarian Revolution of 1848/49.

Nemzeti dal – National Song.

Mit kíván a magyar nemzet. (12 pont) – What the Hungarian nation wants. (12 points).

Az aradi vértanúk – The 13 Martyrs of Arad.

vajtartó

Butter dish with Hungarian folk motive.

vajtartó [ˈvɑjtɑrtoː] – butter dish; butter keeper
sajttartó [ˈʃɑjttɑrtoː] – cheese dish; cheese keeper

vaj – butter
sajt [ˈʃɑjt] – cheese
tartó [ˈtɑrtoː]
1) case; holder; container
2) holding; keeping
3) lasting; enduring

tartani
1) to hold; to keep
2) to last; to endure

Hungarian vs. Khanty #3

Йӧӈк уйӓ, тӛлӛӽ лӓнӛ, тӓрӛмт ӄулт отьљылтәлт. [Khanty (Vakh dialect)]
Jönk ujä téléh lӓné tӓrémt kult otyljiltelt. [Khanty (Vakh dialect)]
A jég alatt télen eleven halak úszkálnak. [Hungarian]
Jään alla talvella elävät kalat uiskentelevat. [Finnish]
Jää all talvel elavad kalad ujuvad. [Estonian]

Under the ice , at winter, vivid fishes swim about. [Literally]
In wintertime vivid fishes swim about under the ice. [English]

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йӧӈк уйӓ [ˈjӧnk ujä] – jég alatt – jään alla – jää all – under the ice
йӧӈк [ˈjӧnk] – jég – jää – jää – ice
уйӓ [ˈujä] – alatt – alla – all – under; below

тӛӆ [ˈteːɬ] – tél [ˈteːl] – talvi – talv – winter
тӛлӛӽ лӓнӛ [ˈteːɬeːh läneː] – télen [ˈteːlen] – talvella – talvel – at winter; in wintertime

уӆты [ˈuɬti] – élni – elää – elama – to live
.. – élő [ˈeːløː] – elävä – elav – living
тӓрӛмт [ˈtärémt] – eleven – elävä – elav – living; vital; vivid

ӄул [ˈkul] – hal – kala – kala – fish
ӄулт [ˈkult] – halak – kalat – kalad – fishes

усьты [ˈusti] – úszni [ˈuːsni] – uida – ujuma – to swim
.. – úszkálni [ˈuːskaːlni] – uiskennella – ujuda – to swim around/about
отьљылтәлт [ˈotyljiltelt] – ők úszkálnak – he uiskentelevat – nemad ujuvad – they swim around/about

(Khanty – Hungarian – Finnish – Estonian – English)

Thanx for the help with Khanty, Vitaliy S.! 🙂

bőrig ázni

bőrig ázni [ˈbøːrig aːzni] – to get wet through; to get soaked
[Literally::: to get soaked to one’s skin]

szarrá ázni [ˈsɑrːaː aːzni] – to get wet through; to get soaked (vulgar slang)
[Literally::: to get soaked to shit]

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bőrig ázva – soaking wet; wet through
[E.g.::: Bőrig ázva sétáltam haza a városból. – I walked home from the town soaking wet.]

bőrig ázott – (got) soaking wet; (got) wet through
[E.g.::: Kata bőrig ázott az esőben. – Kate got soaking wet in the rain.]

átázott – wet through
átázni – to get soaked; to soak through; to get wet through

Bőr óra szőr perc

– Mennyi az idő?
– Bőr óra szőr perc hajszál másodperc.

– What’s the time?
– Skin hours, hair minutes, (single) hair seconds.

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bőr [ˈbøːr] – skin; leather
szőr [ˈsøːr] – fur; hair (on the body)
hajszál [ˈhɑjsaːl] – a single hair

karóra [ˈkɑroːrɑ] – watch
óra [ˈoːrɑ]
1) hour
2) clock