Könny
Könny
Meaning:
tear
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
CAN YOU see my tears.
Example sentences:
A könyv végére potyogtak a könnyeim.
By the end of the book my tears were falling.
[The book end-on fell the tears-my.]
Az akit te nem érdekelsz nem érdemli meg a könnyeid.
Those who don’t care about you do not deserve your tears.
[That whom you not interest-you not deserves [“meg” in this case serves as an enhancement of “to deserve” – to deserve fully] the tears-yours.]
Related terms:
megkönnyez – to shed a few teardrops over sth.
sír – to cry (but also: the grave)
takony – snot
Not to be confused with:
könnyű – easy
könyv – book
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