JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES

October-December 2009 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume I., Issue 4.
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D
It is a middle strong plosive, less strong than T, because of voicing with vocal cords reduce the
airpower. Otherwise we form it in the same way as T.
Its role is quite obvious when we use it as creator, because it is applied mainly as the creator of
middle strong activity, acting on themselves or being passive, e.g. dolgozó-d(ik), mos-d(ik), für-d(ik),
okos-od(ik), piros-od(ik), etc.
N
Mellow “plosive”; we form it close to D, but plus we flow out some air through nose-chamber, which
lessen the airpower more. It does not snap up sharply, but “melt away”.
We use it when we would like to present the mellow, single occurrence of some phenomenon, e.g. nő
(grow up, woman); it has the feature of little lengthening words and phenomena, e.g. bolyog bolyong,
tolog tolong, zsibog zsibong, ect. As a verb creator it creates the momentum verbs, e.g. kopp-an,
dobb-an, rett-en, etc. (See comparison with the frequency verbs: kop-og, dob-og, rett-eg, etc.)
Sz
(Pronunciation is like S in English)
It is a persistent sound, voiceless, dental (or dento-alveolar).
We apply it - beside very frequent use in sound imitation words, e.g szisz, szusz, szesz, szól, szél, etc.
- to express the persistency of something. Its role as creator is to express persistency, both in case of noun
creation, e.g lelk-ész, jog-ász, szül-ész, csillag-ász, and in case of creating nouns and verbs together, e.g.
vad-ász, hal-ász, madar-ász, etc.
Z
It is a persistent sound, voiced, dental (or dento-alveolar).
We apply it - beside very frequent use in sound imitation words, e.g zizz, zúz, zaj, zúg, zuh, etc. - as
creator to express the persistent activities, happenings. It creates persistent, transitive verbs, e.g. fül-ez,
fej-ez, por-oz, labdá-z, etc.
R
Tongue snap to the alveolar part behind the teeth than snap up, and this is repeated again sometimes.
It is not easy to pronounce this phone, force has to be used.
It has a very special characteristic: repetition. This is the only phoneme with this feature. We have to
express this meaning often, therefore we use R frequently, and especially very frequently as second
consonant of the roots; R is prominently the most frequent phoneme in this place. The reason could be
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