tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post3417338469840355319..comments2024-03-29T08:14:43.839+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Much Interest In Budapest (2)fatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-87359705035854081622023-03-25T21:29:16.144+00:002023-03-25T21:29:16.144+00:00Hungarian and Finnish are in the same language fam...Hungarian and Finnish are in the same language family (Finno-Ugric), but that's a bit like saying Icelandic and Dutch are both Germanic. <br /><br />Hungarian: Minden. emberi lény szabadon születik és egyenlő méltósága és joga van.<br /><br />Finnish: Kaikki ihmiset syntyvät vapaina ja tasavertaisina arvoltaan ja oikeuksiltaan.LWBMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-40540772575700661582023-03-25T09:57:50.104+00:002023-03-25T09:57:50.104+00:00A Hungarian of my acquaintance insists that that i...A Hungarian of my acquaintance insists that that is an urban myth!Dennis Dratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-47463592122356704832023-03-24T21:09:03.448+00:002023-03-24T21:09:03.448+00:00Finnish, I believe, is related.Finnish, I believe, is related.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-45551055274310447672023-03-24T20:24:37.077+00:002023-03-24T20:24:37.077+00:00FBB's google translates appear to be in Norweg...FBB's google translates appear to be in Norwegian (as Google would have told him).<br /><br />Hungarian is usually recognisable by virtue of the fact it doesn't look or sound like any other European language!LWBMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-73007567655459215922023-03-24T10:51:30.640+00:002023-03-24T10:51:30.640+00:00Your translations are not Hungarian but rather one...Your translations are not Hungarian but rather one of the Nordic languages (the a with a ring on is a clue, as it doesn't exist in Hungarian).<br /><br />. 'út" means (main) road, and " Bécsi út" means "Vienna Road", more or lessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-35905650463754693452023-03-24T09:47:32.958+00:002023-03-24T09:47:32.958+00:00BKK is the overall transport authority (think &quo...BKK is the overall transport authority (think "Transport for London") and was only created about 10 years ago. The buses and trams are actually run by BKV which I presume is a city-owned company. This change might (or might not) have been a consequence of Hungary joining the EU.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-8287055991038010132023-03-24T07:25:14.757+00:002023-03-24T07:25:14.757+00:00The older tram on route 19 and the Christmas tram ...The older tram on route 19 and the Christmas tram are different. The one on route 19 is a Ganz 8-axle articulated tramcar, built in the late 60s/early 70s, but the Christmas tram is a non-articulated UV, also by Ganz, introduced in the 1950s and withdrawn in 2007. These bogie vehicles sometimes ran as 2-car sets, or had an (older) four-wheel trailer in the middle. These were not the most comfortable vehicles to ride in - bumpy and with only slatted wooden seats! The UVs themselves though were superb.Andrew Kleissnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-62599631124253893702023-03-24T06:42:40.310+00:002023-03-24T06:42:40.310+00:00I would translate 'út' as 'road', ...I would translate 'út' as 'road', whereas diminutive 'utca' is street. But really they are both just suffixes for street names. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com