Sötét

Sötét

Meaning:

dark

stupid (colloq.)

Pronunciation:

Memory hook:

This SOT looks a bit dark.

Example sentences:

Sötét vagy, mint az éjszaka.

You’re as dark as the night. (I.e. you are really stupid.)

[Dark you-are, like the night.]

Szerencsére nyáron sokkal később sötétedik, mint télen.

Luckily, in the summer it gets dark only much later than in winter.

[Luck-on summer-on much-with later get-dark, than winter-on.]

Related terms:

éjjel / éjszaka – night

sötétség – darkness

sötétedik – to be getting dark

világos – bright

világosság – brightness

világosodik – to dawn

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