"egy lány"

Translation: a girl

[korosi.laura]

Én magyar vagyok és úgy tanulom

[Ploomich]

I don't seem to get the audio right. Is egy pronounced like the "gy" in "hogy" or like g-y (egg-y)???

[Findil]

"Gy" is pronounced identically in the words hogy and egy. And everywhere else, actually.

[Ploomich]

Köszi!!!

[SabsFeigler]

try pronouncing "gy" more like "dy" It should sound like saying Join but with a Brooklyn accent, if that helps.

[Janewith7]

The explanation of what is happening inside the mouth to make this sound helped me to understand it better:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_palatal_stop

[egyszervolt]

Well, not exactly. The two sound in 'hogy' (how) and 'egy' (one) is the same, but in a real conversation you press the 'gy' in 'egy' a little, like in 'meggy' (sour cherry).

[fectroll]

And "egy" means 'one' or 'a', right?

[egyszervolt]

That's right.

[jamienroz]

is egy strictly feminine? since lány is girl?

[Findil]

There are no grammatical genders in Hungarian.

[evike2008]

no, there are no genders in Hungarian, so "egy" is used for women and men alike :-)