If you Google “Isten Hozta”, the tenth result is an episode of South Park about Vladimir Putin (in Hungarian, obviously).
3 May 2015
BrumbiscUit
Pronounced ‘ish-ten ‘hoz-ta with the latter vowel sound being a schwa.
Bit of an archaic greeting. I never heard it in my eight-year sentence over there. Undeniably religious, it translates as something like ‘God brought Thou’, with the second person being used in the formal sense.
Not something Honvéd fans would say to Ferencváros ones.
3 May 2015
BrumbiscUit
Actually, not a schwa, but we don’t really have an equivalent ending sound. It’s more like the ‘o’ in ‘cot’.
3 May 2015
biziclop
If you pronounce it like Costa (Coffee), it’s close enough for most practical purposes.
5 May 2015
brumbiscuit
Good point, but the ‘z’ needs pronouncing, not an ‘s’…
6 May 2015
biziclop
I wouldn’t bother, it only makes you sound overly pedantic, like H-adding.
6 May 2015
brumbiscuit
‘Overly pedantic’! I’ll take that as a badge of honour on this site. :)
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If you Google “Isten Hozta”, the tenth result is an episode of South Park about Vladimir Putin (in Hungarian, obviously).
3 May 2015
BrumbiscUit
Pronounced ‘ish-ten ‘hoz-ta with the latter vowel sound being a schwa.
Bit of an archaic greeting. I never heard it in my eight-year sentence over there. Undeniably religious, it translates as something like ‘God brought Thou’, with the second person being used in the formal sense.
Not something Honvéd fans would say to Ferencváros ones.
3 May 2015
BrumbiscUit
Actually, not a schwa, but we don’t really have an equivalent ending sound. It’s more like the ‘o’ in ‘cot’.
3 May 2015
biziclop
If you pronounce it like Costa (Coffee), it’s close enough for most practical purposes.
5 May 2015
brumbiscuit
Good point, but the ‘z’ needs pronouncing, not an ‘s’…
6 May 2015
biziclop
I wouldn’t bother, it only makes you sound overly pedantic, like H-adding.
6 May 2015
brumbiscuit
‘Overly pedantic’! I’ll take that as a badge of honour on this site. :)
6 May 2015