hisz a fülének

Hungarian

Etymology

hisz (“to believe”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fül (“ear”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix) +‎ -nek (case suffix), literally “to believe one's ears”

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhis ɒ ˈfyleːnɛk]

Verb

hisz a fülének

(intransitive, idiomatic, chiefly in the negative) to believe one's ears
- 1964, Tibor Déry, G. A. úr X-ben, Bucharest: Kriterion Könyvkiadó (1989), →ISBN, page 283:
  — Nem hiszek a fülemnek — kiáltotta a fiatalember, kezét ijedten a szájára csapva.
  I can't believe my ears — cried the young man, striking his mouth with his hand, alarmed.

Conjugation

For the verb, see hisz.
The noun fül takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the dative suffix: fülemnek, fülednek, fülének, fülünknek, fületeknek, fülüknek.

See also

hisz a szemének

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