Vág
Vág
Meaning:
to cut;
to understand & to know (colloq.)
Pronunciation:
Memory hook:
The VAGabond was cutting the bread.
Example sentences:
Megvágtam az ujjamat főzés közben.
I cut my finger while I was cooking.
[Cut-I the finger-my cooking during.] (“Meg” tells us that the cutting itself was just a quick process of a few seconds; I didn’t keep cutting my finger for an ongoing time.)
Vágod, hogy esni fog? Vigyél esernyőt!
You know that it’s gonna rain, right? Take an umbrella!
[Know-you, that rain will? Take-you umbrella(acc.)]
Related terms:
kés – knife
olló – scissors
tud – to know (not colloq.)
ismer – to know so. / sth. (not colloq.)
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Tthanks a lot for this, very useful. The verb ‘vág’ meaning ‘to know’ as in your second example, is it slang…? I can’t find this meaning in the dictionary. Thank you!
Hi Sinisa,
thank you so much; glad you like our words! 🙂
Indeed, that’s slang – that’s what the colloq. in the brackets means. It stands for “colloquial”:)
Best, Juli
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