Fogadalom

OHWAD-Basic words

 

Fogadalom

 

Meaning:

resolution (ie. plan, purpose)

 

Example sentences:

Kötöttél újévi fogadalmat?

Tied-you New-Year-ish resolution(acc.).

Did you make a New Year’s resolution?

 

Minden évben megszegem az újévi fogadalmamat.

Every year-in break-it-I the new-year-ish resolution-mine.

I break my New Year’s resolution every year.

 

Related terms:

eskü – oath, pledge (n.)

esküszik – to swear

fogad – to bet

ígér – to promise

ígéret – promise (n.)

leszokik – to quit (a bad habit, an addiction)

megszeg – to break (ie. to breach)

szilveszter – New Year’s Eve

szokás – habit

újév – New Year (January 1st)

újévi fogadalom – New Year’s resolution

 

Pronunciation of today’s word:

fogadalom – resolution (ie. plan, purpose)

 

Pronunciation of the example sentences:

Kötöttél újévi fogadalmat?

Tied-you New-Year-ish resolution(acc.).

Did you make a New Year’s resolution?

 

Minden évben megszegem az újévi fogadalmamat.

Every year-in break-it-I the new-year-ish resolution-mine.

I break my New Year’s resolution every year.

 

Pronunciation of the related terms:

eskü – oath, pledge (n.)

 

esküszik – to swear

 

fogad – to bet

 

ígér – to promise

 

ígéret – promise (n.)

 

leszokik – to quit (a bad habit, an addiction)

 

megszeg – to break (ie. to breach)

 

szilveszter – New Year’s Eve

 

szokás – habit

 

újév – New Year (January 1st)

 

újévi fogadalom – New Year’s resolution

 

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