Comments on: Hungarian Language Defined by Word Stems http://www.budapestreport.com/2009/12/23/hungarian-word-stems-%e2%80%93-proof-of-ancient-origins/ Daily Hungarian news and issues, in English Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andras M. Badics http://www.budapestreport.com/2009/12/23/hungarian-word-stems-%e2%80%93-proof-of-ancient-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-12246 Andras M. Badics Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:48:00 +0000 http://www.budapestreport.com/?p=87#comment-12246 Hi Lethah and thanks for your comment. IMHO being agglutinative or otherwise is not a black or white thing. A language could be anywhere from 1 to 10 on the scale of agglutinativeness. I would consider Hungarian to be a 9, whereas German would be somewhere around 4-5. In Hungarian you can say I went home in one word... I don't think you can do that in German. I have no idea about Chinese. Hi Lethah and thanks for your comment.

IMHO being agglutinative or otherwise is not a black or white thing. A language could be anywhere from 1 to 10 on the scale of agglutinativeness. I would consider Hungarian to be a 9, whereas German would be somewhere around 4-5.

In Hungarian you can say I went home in one word… I don’t think you can do that in German.

I have no idea about Chinese.

]]> By: Lethah http://www.budapestreport.com/2009/12/23/hungarian-word-stems-%e2%80%93-proof-of-ancient-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-12240 Lethah Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.budapestreport.com/?p=87#comment-12240 Two other languages that I know of as being agglutinative are German (the word for glove is hand+shoe) and Chinese. In old Chinese the characters, actually drawings, resembled the things they described such as "wood" which looks like a tree. Then characters are added to change the meaning. It is a funny idea that Hungarian is a "gift" from extra-terrestrials. If so, then Martians might have wanted to confuse or distract us Earthlings trying to figure out and pronounce the language.  Two other languages that I know of as being agglutinative are German (the word for glove is hand+shoe) and Chinese. In old Chinese the characters, actually drawings, resembled the things they described such as “wood” which looks like a tree. Then characters are added to change the meaning. It is a funny idea that Hungarian is a “gift” from extra-terrestrials. If so, then Martians might have wanted to confuse or distract us Earthlings trying to figure out and pronounce the language. 

]]> By: Lethah http://www.budapestreport.com/2009/12/23/hungarian-word-stems-%e2%80%93-proof-of-ancient-origins/comment-page-1/#comment-12239 Lethah Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:38:00 +0000 http://www.budapestreport.com/?p=87#comment-12239 Two other languages that I know of as being agglutinative are German (the word for glove is hand+shoe) and Chinese. In old Chinese the characters, actually drawings, resembled the things they described such as "wood" which looks like a tree. Then characters are added to change the meaning. It is a funny idea that Hungarian is a "gift" from extra-terrestrials. If so, then Martians might have wanted to confuse or distract us Earthlings trying to figure out and pronounce the language.  Two other languages that I know of as being agglutinative are German (the word for glove is hand+shoe) and Chinese. In old Chinese the characters, actually drawings, resembled the things they described such as “wood” which looks like a tree. Then characters are added to change the meaning. It is a funny idea that Hungarian is a “gift” from extra-terrestrials. If so, then Martians might have wanted to confuse or distract us Earthlings trying to figure out and pronounce the language. 

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