I took this picture of a billboard in Budapest. What does the text say? Vote below!
“DIÁKHITEL – Segítség a tudás megszerzéséhez”
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Answer:
“STUDENT CREDIT – Help in acquiring knowledge”
Apparently this is advertising loans that students can take out for their education.
Explanation:
The first part is easy:
- diák = student
 - hitel = credit
 
The second part isn’t too hard either. Here’s the word-by-word breakdown:
- segítség = help
 - a = the (left out in the English)
 - tudás = knowledge
 - megszerzés = acquisition, acquiring
 
The last part is an example of the Hungarian possessive case:
a tudás megszerzése = acquiring knowledge, the acquisition of knowledge
Finally, we add the ending -hez to megszerzése to reflect the English preposition “in”:
a tudás megszerzéséhez = in acquiring knowledge
 “DIÁKHITEL – Segítség a tudás megszerzéséhez” = “STUDENT CREDIT – Help in acquiring knowledge”

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