Topic: Hungarian

"Munkás vagyok."

Translation:I am a laborer.

July 11, 2016

14 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/RoyHitch

    Is 'I am a workman' also correct?

    July 11, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/BenceFerdinandy
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    • 72

    yes

    July 11, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/RobertEddy
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    • 1200

    The mun in munkás sounds like 'meen' -- threw me off!

    February 9, 2017
    https://www.duolingo.com/AlexRadu21
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    Hah it sounds a bit like romanian "muncitor"

    January 11, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/GrowingViolet

      "Worker" seems a bit ambiguous. Does this specifically refer to physical labor, like construction?

      August 19, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/wizwisdom

        Yep, munkás

        August 27, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/AGreatUserName

          So, just to clarify: if you're a titkárnő would you say munkás vagyok or nem munkás vagyok, hamen titkárnő?

          September 7, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/SzabadosAgi

            A secretary is not a munkás. So: Nem munkás vagyok, haNeM titkárnő.

            September 9, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/AGreatUserName

              Thanks! And I keep making that mistake during the course. For some reason, in my head, it ends up turning into hanım (a totally unconnected Turkish word), even though I know it's from "ha" + "nem" ...

              September 9, 2016
              https://www.duolingo.com/DavidMorle7

                Labourer is therefore a good translation

                September 3, 2016
                https://www.duolingo.com/Ser229339

                  In Romanian "munkás" is "muncitoare"...

                  February 12, 2018
                  https://www.duolingo.com/SteveTheProducer

                    I like to think of munkás like monkeys, as in monkey work or labor.

                    November 7, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/eyepatch1
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                    The voice is not saying "munkas" sounds like ninkas

                    February 13, 2019
                    https://www.duolingo.com/pizspozseng

                      Munka=work (noun). Dolgozik= work (verb).

                      July 27, 2018
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