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  Janos Erdelyi - LoveToKnow 1911
JANOS ERDELYI (1814-1868), Hungarian poet and author, was born in 1814 at Kapos, in the county of Ungvar, and educated at the Protestant college of Sarospatak.
In 1833 he removed Pest, where he was, in 1839, elected member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
This work, published by the Kisfaludy Society, was supplemented dissertation upon Hungarian national poetry, afterwards partially translated into German by Stier (Berlin, 1851).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Janos_Erdelyi   (191 words)

  
 Proverbs and Reality
In case of metaphorical proverbs the metaphor may be realistic or non-realistic and this is not dependent on the reality of the abstract meaning connected with it.
The other proverbs refer to the situation when several people intend or are expected to command, and in consequence of it either contradicting commands are given, or alternatively none of them provides a proper guidance expecting the others to do it.
(Proverbs from the Hungarian folklore in Romania.) - Kriterion Kiadó, Bucuresti 1989.
www.vein.hu /library/proverbs/proverbs.htm   (5521 words)

  
 1000 Hungarian proverbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first edition of this anthology was published in 2000 in honour of the millennium of the establishment of the Hungarian Kingdom in Central Europe in the Carpathian Basin, and of the IXth International Finno-Ugric Congress in Tartu, Estonia.
The close e is known and used in the standard language of most of those speaking Hungarian, from Transdanubia in Western Hungary to the Székelyföld in Eastern Transylvania in Romania.
According to the now valid 1984 rules of Hungarian orthography (11th edition, § 90) as a rule it is not marked in common texts.
www.vein.hu /library/proverbs/1000/english/forew.htm   (419 words)

  
 -- NHV -- The New Hungarian Voice --
Often, the first taste of Hungarian cuisine can be emotional: the combination of slow cooked meat, full-bodied sauce and velvety sour cream has been known to bring tears to one’s unsuspecting eyes.
Sometime in the 1960s, a grave was opened, and the body of a Hungarian soldier was exhumed – to be relocated, as often happens in the crowded graveyards of Hungary.
The local Hungarian Scouts were the initial force behind the school, which is still functioning today, after 42 years.
www.newhungarianvoice.com   (461 words)

  
 Fractured Proverbs and Twisted Thoughts
Therefore the Proverbs, the words of Willy Shakespeare and others are fair game, as are familiar sayings, phrases from songs, and jingles.
If we are honest, there is an invigorating sense of freedom in stating exactly what we think about any given subject, a person, or a particular event.
With this smattering of royal blood in my veins and being the first born, perhaps I can be forgiven for my mild delusions of grandeur.
www.authorhouse.com /BookStore/ItemDetail~bookid~7447.aspx   (355 words)

  
 Hungarian Language Lessons - Puzzles, Quizzes, Sound Files
Hungarian is spoken by only 15 million people worldwide.
It is hard to learn magyar outside of Hungary, since it is almost impossible to find local source, classes or tutors to help.
Sample sentences are related to Hungarian history, culture, tourism or everyday life.
www.hungarotips.com /hungarian   (323 words)

  
 International Trade Leads, Global Import Export - Fita.org, trade market resources and research
These are fun to bring up with Hungarian friends and since they often dont translate literally, Id not have been able to sort them out just using my translation dictionary.
Having studied Hungarian for a year when I was in the Army and let it slip away because of non-use, the language section rekindled old memories.
The study of the enigmatic Hungarian language could well prove to be a lifelong task although it is said that Sissi(emperor Franz Josephs wife) learned it in no time flat and became the darling of the Hungarians.
www.fita.org /marketplace/product.php?asin=1558687661   (540 words)

  
 World of Quotes - Hungarian Proverbs
6 Sayings for Hungarian Proverbs in the Database.
A prudent man does not make the goat his gardener.
All Quotes are provided for educational purposes only and contributed by users.
www.worldofquotes.com /proverb/Hungarian/1/index.html   (76 words)

  
 Proverbium 1-17: Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Arvo Krikmann, "On Denotative Indefiniteness of Proverbs" 47
Galit Hasan-Rokem, The Aesthetics of the Proverb: Dialogue of Discourses from Genesis to Glasnost 105
Constantin Negreanu, Nicolae Filimon and the Romanian Proverb 179
www.deproverbio.com /DPjournal/PROVERBIUM/proverbiumtoc.html   (6730 words)

  
 Hungarian Intro Page
As the instructions are in Hungarian, Tibor Majláth has kindly prepared an English version at Villages and Communities of Slovakia, Hungary and parts of Romania with Kiut 4.0
Hungarian Museum of Photography (Kecskemet) (Magyar Fotografiai Muzeum)
As 1998 is the 150th Anniversary of the Hungarian Independence Movement, there are a number of sites commemorating the history of those times around the Net.
users.itl.net /~glen/Hungarianintro.html   (969 words)

  
 Zen Proverbs & proverbs by nations
When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled.
Dorothy Parker punquoted this proverb changing it in " You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think".
To set up what you like against what you dislike, this is the disease of the mind.
www.erp.oissel.onac.org /anglais/proverbs.htm   (1392 words)

  
 Hungary - Hungarian People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Small number of proverbs related to the history and the cultural past of Hungary (in
The Hungarian Soviet Republic of 1919 The Forgotten Revolution
Hungarian lessons with chatroom, message board and e-mail support.
www.hungaryconnection.com /hungarianpeople   (647 words)

  
 hungarian Proverbs
He that is afraid of water, will not get into the boat.-- Hungarian Proverb
Give a Hungarian a glass of water and a Gypsy fiddler and he will become completely drunk.
If you have comment or would like to share a Proverb please submit your comment to Cat Wilcox, via e-mail.
www.artopp.net /hungary.htm   (223 words)

  
 Hungarian proverbs quotes .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The name of the month doesn't fit but the sense of the proverb is the same.
This refers to the boundaries fixed by the Treaty of Trianon, signed in 1920, in which the Allies redistributed Hungarian land, displacing 1/3 of the population.
Used if someone (in the proverb called: hangman) always criticizes one's mistakes and then he makes the same faults.
www.quotes.ms /Hungarian_proverbs.html   (1974 words)

  
 Society/Folklore - Links4US
Proverbs in English with explanations, taken from the booklet by J. Christy Wilson.
Small collection of well-known proverbs in Arabic transcription with their literal meanings in English.
Weekly proverb in Spanish with explanation, sound file, and equivalent in English.
links4us.com /directory/685_Society/691_Folklore   (494 words)

  
 www.xmethods.net
Various queries against a small collection of Hungarian Proverbs.
Various queries against my collection of Hungarian Proverbs.
Will add more methods - for now, just returns a Hungarian proverb randomly selected from http://phenotypical.com/proverbs.xml.
www.xmethods.com /ve2/ViewListing.po?key=uuid:8BC57076-3A62-F8EA-8EB2-34486D069CC2   (47 words)

  
 Proverbs Quotes and Quotations @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Proverbs Quotes and Quotations @ ArtQuilt.com (Art Quilt)
Articles on this topic in other Wikimedia projects can be found at: Wikimedia Commons Category Proverbs
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www.artquilt.com /quotes/Category:Proverbs   (144 words)

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