Topic: Hungarian

"A trafik nyitva van, bejöttök?"

Translation:The tobacco shop is open, do you come in?

August 22, 2016

16 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/Arcaeca

    Hooray for false friends!

    August 22, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/vvsey

      And also a fake "-ik" fake verb!

      August 23, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/mizinamo

        trafom "I am buying tobacco" :)

        August 23, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/vvsey

          It is a highly irregular 'verb', so it would be "trafok".
          And its past tense is also irregular: "dohánybolt".

          Not to worry, there are much better jokes where this came from. :)

          August 23, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/CoralieClark

            "Do you come in" is not normal British English usage - "are you coming in" is better.

            October 14, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Reauwmin
            • 38

            Would it be possible to say "dohanybolt" instead of "trafik" ?

            December 6, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/Livluv23

              Yes, I haven't heard the word 'trafik' here since the new legislation on national tobacco shops.

              January 12, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/Reauwmin
              • 38

              Köszi :)

              January 15, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/michal2052
              • 251

              Is 'trafik' used only for stand with tobacco? What's the name for stand with newspapers, tickets, etc.?

              July 4, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/RyagonIV
              • 220

              It seems like kioszk is a good word for that.

              October 16, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/vvsey

                Or you can simply say "újságos".

                November 29, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/DavidCarver
                • 27

                tobacconist's? - not that that word is used much today

                July 5, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/Futurulus
                • 107

                picture from the Monty Python "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook" sketch

                "I am a flying kindergarten teacher!"

                November 29, 2017
                https://www.duolingo.com/CoralieClark

                  I think we'd use tobacconist or tobacconist's rather than tobacco shop, in England.

                  October 14, 2017
                  https://www.duolingo.com/GborWacha

                    No such things as trafiks in Hungary. There are only "Nemzeti Dohánybolt"s

                    February 1, 2018
                    https://www.duolingo.com/DoktorVirag
                    • 91

                    If you're the bad priest, the answer is yes!

                    October 7, 2016
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