Showing posts with label where are you from ?. Show all posts
Showing posts with label where are you from ?. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Is Hungarian similar to Persian ?

Where are you from ?
asked me the driver at the end of our ride .
From Hungary .
Hungary ? Is it in the USA ?
No , it is in Europe .
I see . So you speak farsi? ( Persian)
Not at all, we have our own language Hungarian .
Similar to farsi not ?

 That is a big  question !
 The taxi driver is not an expert just heard as speaking our language and it sounded him Persian .Officially the Finnish language is the closest relative of the Hungarian but in the 19th century there were researches pointing to the Sumerian ,Sanskrit ,Persian languages .

Friday, September 07, 2007

WHERE ARE YOU FROM ?
asked me an Arab grandma at the pool .
"Hungary ?" " Hada fi Amerika !"


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