"A bácsikád is Veszprémben lakik?"

Translation: Does your uncle live in Veszprém too?

[Ishana92]

i would really rather we first see these words used without possessive endings, and then figuring those.

[Biff812086]

Agreed. It would make much more sense to introduce these words first without overcomplicating it with the possessive.

[SedatKlc]

bácsika is shorten version of nagybácsi?

[Hulk014]

Yes. And nénikéd ( your aunt ) is a shorten version of nagynéni.

[SedatKlc]

nénike ,isnt it?

[vvsey]

Nagybácsi, bácsi, bácsika, nagybácsika, ...
Nagynéni, néni, nénike, nagynénike, ...

These are endearing variations, so, everyone can have their personal preferences as to which ones they use in the family, etc.

[guntunge]

Huh, what?

Nagynéni and néni are the same?

In German Tante, aunt, néni is the sister of one of your parents.
And Großtante, grand/greataunt, (nagynéni#) would be the sister of one of your grandparents. #But it seems we need a higher level in Hungarian "nagy nagynéni"?

https://hu.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rokonság

Rather unnecesary complication to use the -ke/-ka forms when it is complicated enough.

[RyagonIV]

Bácsi and néni derive from endearing forms of báty and nő, respectively, so these shorter forms refer to your siblings - at least in theory. Adding the nagy in front properly puts them one generation higher, "great-brother" and "great-sister", so to say.

[guntunge]

Ok, that helps to understand how nagy-nagy corresponds to our system.

[GeminaVexilla]

Hungarian doesn't have terms for siblings of your grandparents (besides "nagyapám testvére" etc.). But the diminutive forms "nénike" and "bácsika" are barely a step beyond baby talk, used in my experience only by families with very young children; they are completely inappropriate to this context.

[pYewR9MH]

Is "Does your uncle also live in Veszprém" really wrong? Why?

[RyagonIV]

It is not.

[HarrietHewitt]

I can't hear the 'ben' in Veszprémben. I've listened again and again!