ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa

Hungarian

Etymology

ki-ki (“everyone”) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ maga (“one's own”) +‎ szerencse (“fortune”) +‎ -je (possessive suffix) +‎ -nek (dative case suffix) +‎ kovács (“smith”) +‎ -a (possessive suffix), literally: everyone is the smith of one's own fortune

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiki ɒ ˈmɒɡɒ ˈsɛrɛnt͡ʃeːjeːnɛk ˈkovaːt͡ʃɒ]

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Proverb

ki-ki a maga szerencséjének kovácsa

1. every man is the architect of his own fortune