"Az osztrák órák szépek és jók."

Translation: Austrian clocks are beautiful and good.

[Liggliluff]

magyar→Magyarország, német→Németország, osztrák→Ausztria? ... I know it comes from Latin, but it's so random. It's still called Osztrák Köztársaság, and if you were to say Osztrákország, people would still understand what you mean, right?

[jzsuzsi]

I see a connection: osztrák - Österreich

But the name of the country is Ausztria, not Osztrákország. (If you say it, people will probably understand it and see it as you made a pun... . Ok, I found some google hits for Osztrákország, but it is still rare. )

[MaciejCzerwiec]

Why did suddenly "szép" change from pretty/beautiful to nice?

[mizinamo]

I think "nice" has always been accepted.

[birdfishy]

In school in the sixties ;-), we were told, "Never use "nice" unless you mean "nice" (in the sense of "precise", as in "a nice distinction"). Foreign learners of English certainly overuse the word - there are better alternatives, such as "beautiful" and "fine".

[MichaelC.B7]

nice!

[birdfishy]

Well, I must say that's nice! I try to help you and all you do is pull my leg (boohoo)!

[Dawa.mgl]

Why "Az osztrák" not "The Australian" ?

[Dawa.mgl]

I mean "The austrian..."

[oh1231]

In hungarian an article is always needed

[oh1231]

I mean, swiss watches are better...

[Thomas_Hubbard]

Can you say "javak" as well for the plural form of "good?"

[jzsuzsi]

If you are an economist, you can say it .... The goods on this marked are underpriced.

But: javak is a plural noun, and jó is adjective. "Az osztrák órák szépek és jók." -> definitely jók and not javak!