Halk

Halk

Meaning:

quiet

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

The incredible quiet HULK.

Example sentences:

Szeretek halk háttérzene mellett tanulni.

I like to study with a quiet background music.

[Like-I quiet background-music next-to study.]

Úgy is hallanálak, ha halkabban beszélnél.
I’d hear also if you’d talk more quietly.

[So too hear-would-you-I, if quieter-y talk-would-you.]

Related terms:

hangos – loud

suttog – to whisper

ordít / kiabál – to scream

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