Nő(ni)

Nő(ni)

Meaning:

to grow & to increase (verb)

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

Nő also means “woman”.

NO woman no grow ☺

Example sentences:

Évröl évre nő a fizetésem.

My salary increases from year to year.

[Year-from year-on grows the salary-my.]

Nagyon nehezen nő meg a hajam, mert mindig eltöredezik.

It’s very hard to grow my hair because I always get split hair ends.

[Very hard-on grows for-good the hair-my, because always away-breaks.]

Related terms:

növeszt – to grow sth. actively (e.g. a plant or your hear.)

növekszik – to grow steadily

csökken – to decrease

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