"Mi kicsik és szépek vagyunk."

Translation: We are small and beautiful.

[zexito_]

Is it common for 's' in word 'és' to be silent when the next word starts with 'sz'? Because I hear her saying 'Mi kicsik <é szépek> vagyunk'

[linguafiqari]

It's not that it's silent, rather that the "s" and "sz" assimilate, making it essentially "Mi kicsik ész szépek vagyunk".

[Yakuul]

I came here hoping to see this explanation! since I heard the assimilation as well. thanks.

[egyszervolt]

Yeah, there are several similar occasion where two different sound unite. For example:

"Mit sütsz kis szűcs?"

[Yakuul]

Happens in English too, sometimes! "Is she well?" "/ish/ she well" and not "/iz/ she well"

[zexito_]

Köszi :D

[JanaDzsana]

So I'm not understanding what purpose the "mi" serves in this sentence. would it have the same meaning without it? I was guessing this would translate more like, "what small and beautiful ones we are."

[Jutas]

it means the same without "mi". however,if you would say sg like this: "ők nagyok és erősek,viszont mi kicsik és szépek vagyunk" (they are tall and strong,but we are small and pretty) you need to use "mi". "what small and beautiful ones we are."-this means "milyen kicsik és szépek vagyunk!"

[zaq782502]

"Mi" means "We" here, so it serves the same purpose as other pronouns. I understand the confusion, as "Mi" can also mean "What".

[MrtonPolgr]

I can actually imagine a bit forced "How small and beautiful we are" interpretation but to be fair, I could list about 5 better, stylistically varying solutions for that ("Milyen", "Mily", "Minő", "Mennyire"...)

[Bastette54]

In this sentence, "mi" means "we." And it's true that it's not necessary because the verb tells you what the pronoun is. But I wonder if it's there for emphasis?

[MrtonPolgr]

It helps to set up a topic. "Talking about ourselves, we are small and beautiful"

[AndrewVill17]

Is there a rule that dictates when I would need to include that "mi"?

[MyCoffee8]

What is the role of "Mi" in this sentence?!

[Jutas]

right here nothing,you can use without it.

[MrtonPolgr]

It's just a personal pronoun, meaning "we", so yeah, one might say not much.

[Jacqueline130670]

Could "little" as opposed to small have been accepted here?

[NormThompson]

why would anyone say tyhis in real life

[MrtonPolgr]

Is this your greatest problem with a perfectly reasonable sentence? Lol. Please collect sentences that you'd like to read on Duolingo. :D

[Moripolyglot]

Ego much?

[Jaroslava266672]

Could nice be accepted here instead of beautiful?

[MrtonPolgr]

"Nice" is quite ambiguous in English. When used for people, it mostly refers to a personality trait, ie "kind". "Szépek" is strictly about outlook.

[AceMetalheadHUN]

And modest :D

[AndyReifman]

Is there a specific time that szép translates to beautiful vs pretty?