Topic: Hungarian

"Which is the correct direction?"

Translation:Melyik a helyes irány?

October 1, 2016

6 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/zexito_

    Both írany and irány mean direction then?

    October 1, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/Hulk014

      Irány with an accent mark means direction. But irany is bad.

      October 1, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/zexito_

        Yeah but on the very first lesson where it introduced me to the word it gave out 'írany' with accent mark on the i

        October 1, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/zexito_

          Nevermind, I was informed the irány only is indeed the word :D

          October 1, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/smileyowlie

            Thanks for asking! That's how you learn :) Thankfully here it's understandable what it means. In Hungarian these "emphases" are super important and can change a word's meaning. eg: faj (species/type) vs fáj (it hurts), megörült (he/she became happy) vs megőrült (he/she went crazy)...A looooot different ;)

            October 13, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/zexito_

              Yeah I know! Yet another reason why this language is hard :D

              October 13, 2016
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