We Hungarians are famous for the difficulty of learning foreign languages. I have the same problem, I'm struggling with English idioms a lot. Hungarian language is also difficult for non-Hungarian native speakers. I would like to introduce it with an example: "Ég" means "burn" or "sky" in English. "Elég" means "burn away" or "enough" in English.
Ég az ég! The sky is burning!
S Edward király, angol király
Vágtat fakó lován;
Körötte ég földszint az ég:
A velszi tartomány.
(Arany János: A velszi bárdok)
Edward the King, the English King,
Spurred his dapple grey charger.
On the skies around, stakes burning stand
In the Welsh lands over the border.
(János Arany: The bards of Wales)
Interesting: the Sanskrit "agni" (Hungarian "égni") means "fire"!
Om Hreem Agni Surya Jaya Ram.
(From the album: Fairy Tantra 2, András Laár)
Finally, here is a very funny example I found on FaceBook. Could you learn the sentences and their meanings without going mad?
Eléggé elégette-e? [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡɛtːe e] – (Whether) Has he/she burnt it away sufficiently?
Eléggé elégette. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡɛtːe] – He/she has burnt it away sufficiently.
Eléggé elégett-e? [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡetː e] – Has it been burnt away sufficiently?
Eléggé elégett. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡetː] – It has been burnt away sufficiently.
Eléggé eléget. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡɛt] – He/she is burning you away sufficiently.
Eléggé eléget (valamit). [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡɛt] – He/she is burning something away sufficiently.
Eléggé elég-e? [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡ e] – (Whether) Is it going to burn away sufficiently?
Eléggé elég. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡ] – It is going to burn away sufficiently.
Eléggé elég. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈɛleːɡ] – It is being burnt away sufficiently. (also as “Eléggé elégőben van.”)
Eléggé ég. [ˈɛleːɡːeː ˈeːɡ] – It is burning sufficiently.
Eléggé. [ˈɛleːɡːeː] – Sufficiently. | Pretty much. | Very. | A lot.
Elég. [ˈɛleːɡ] – Sufficient. | Enough.
Elég. [ˈɛleːɡ] – It is being burnt away. (also as “Elégőben van.”)
Elég. [ˈɛleːɡ] – It will burn away.
Elég-e? [ˈɛleːɡ e] – Will it burn away?
Elég-e? [ˈɛleːɡ e] – Is it enough?
Ég-e? [ˈeːɡ e] – Is it burning?
Ég. [ˈeːɡ] – It is burning.
Ég. [ˈeːɡ] – Sky.
Éget. [ˈeːɡɛt] – He/she is burning something.
Éget. [ˈeːɡɛt] – It is burning me.
Éget-e? [ˈeːɡɛt e] – Is it burning you?
Éget-e? [ˈeːɡɛt e] – Is he/she burning something?
Égett. [ˈeːɡetː] – It is burnt. | It was burning.
Égett-e? [ˈeːɡetː e] – (Whether) Is it burnt?
Égett-e? [ˈeːɡetː e] – (Whether) Was it burning?
égni [ˈeːɡni] – to burn
(Source: https://www.facebook.com/daily.magyar/)
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