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Hungarian grammar

Chapter 75: CHAPTER XVII MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES
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This work provides a comprehensive overview of the Hungarian language, focusing on its grammar and phonetics. It begins with an introduction to the alphabet, detailing the fourteen distinct vowel characters and their pronunciations, including distinctions between short and long vowels. The text explains the classification of vowels into flats, sharps, and mediates, and discusses the implications of these classifications on word formation and suffix usage. Additionally, it covers the absence of diphthongs in Hungarian and offers insights into compound word formation. The structure is designed to aid learners in understanding the complexities of Hungarian grammar.

CHAPTER XVII
MONEY, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES

The monetary unit is the korona = 10d., which is divided into 100 fillér.

s. d.
Gold coins 20 korona = 16 8
10 = 8 4
Silver coins 5 = 4 2
2 = 1 8
1 = 0 10
Nickel coins 20 fillér = 0 2
10 = 0 1
Bronze coins 2 = 0
1 = 0

Paper money comprises notes for 10, 20, 50, 100, and 1000 korona.

N.B.—Many shopkeepers still reckon in the old florins and krajczárs. The purchaser should take care to ascertain whether the price marked is in florins or in korona.

1 florin = 2 korona.
1 krajczár = 2 fillér.

The decimal system of weights and measures is used in Hungary.

1 kilogramm = about 2 pounds.
1 kilométer = about 1100 yards.
1 liter = about 1¾ pints.