veri a mellét
Hungarian
Etymology
ver (“to beat”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + mell (“breast, chest”) + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally: “to beat one's chest”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɛri ɒˈmɛlːeːt]
Verb
veri a mellét
- (idiomatic) to brag
- Synonym: henceg
Conjugation
- For the verb, see ver.
- The inflected noun takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence: mellemet, melledet, mellét, mellünket, melleteket, mellüket.