Folyó

Folyó

Meaning:

river, flowing

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

“FOrLOrn River” is a classic Western novel/movie.

Example sentences:

Messze hív a nagy folyó. [the Hungarian version of Pocahontas’ “Just around the riverband]

The wide river calls me far.

[Far calls the big river.]

A Duna Magyarország legismertebb folyója.

The Danube is Hungary’s most well-known river.

[The Danube Hungary most-well-known river-its.]

Related terms:

folyékony – fluid

folyik – to flow

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