Basic Hungarian Phrases 

I am Hungarian and still watching this for no reason!!😮

Thank you. Koszi! I was born in Budapest in 1950, and came to America with my parents in late 1956. (You know why.) I have lost all of my Magyar, so It's nice to pick up a bit, again.

Any Hungarian person watching this video, amazed by how beautiful she's talking English? :)

Thank you so much for this lesson! Its my first day learning Hungarian. The pronunciation is really tricky but you were very helpful :)

I'm Lengyel. Have Magyar family from both mom's and dad's side. Beautiful language, beautiful country, wonderful people. Szeretlek Magyarorszag. Kocham Wegry. Magyar Lengyel ket jo barat. Egyutt harcol s issza borat. 🇭🇺🇵🇱♥️

I realize that you made this video 5 years ago but you are the third person teaching Hungarian phrases that I've seen on RU-vid and you are the best. You took the time to explain why the letters make the sounds that they do. The others taught the same phrases but they didn't explain how and why the "sz" made an "S" sound in English and how the "gy" made the sound that it did. As an older American trying to learn a new language, it isn't easy but trying to learn a language that is as difficult as Hungarian is truly difficult. Your teaching method was excellent. I am looking forward to checking out more of your videos. Thank you very much.

Im really in love with this language :)

Hi Eszti, hogy vagy? Thank you very much for this channel. I'm Brazilian girl just married with a Hungarian guy. I'll surprise him speaking some Hungarian words 😍 And I really need to know how to speak Hungarian (a little bit) to talk with his family. So, again köszönön

I am Vietnamese and I LOVE the Hungarian people and nation. Very nice people and beautiful land!

Beautiful language. Love from Greece (Görögország)!

i will study in Szeged for master degree, currently im learning Hungary from duolinggo. your video make me easy to learn it. thank you

Just got back from Budapest and your videos were very helpful. Beautiful city, friendly people, great food. Knowing a few words and phrases goes a long way. Köszönöm szépen!

She sounds totally normal to me!(I'm american/Hungarian myself 😅)

LEGGYÖNYÖRŰBB NYELV A VILÁGON, TENYLÉG!!!! Akarok elmenni Magyarországra Oroszországtól, csak mert SZERETEM ezt a népet és a nyelvük.

God, bless The Hungarian With joy, with prosperity, Provide them protective arm If they battle enemy. Calamity torments them long, Bring on them a cheerful year, These people have now suffered For the past and the future.

We watched all of your Hungarian phrase videos and put them into practice successfully on our holiday in Sopron and Kőszeg last week. Thank you.

hello from Russia, very beautiful unique language, I'm glad it's easy for me to pronounce the words!

Thank you do much! Your lessons were so useful during my trip to Hungary. I can't not wait to visit the land of my forefathers again. Go Magyars!

Gratulálok, remek videó, életszerű, hasznos, hangulatos - a kis hibák mosolygós javítása még külön bájt is ad az egésznek! :-)

You are a great teacher. You make it easy to learn. I just meet a lady from Hungary a week ago and will impress her. Hopes in asking her out on a date. Thank you and hope to hear more.

The Hungarian language sounds very sweet and reading the history of the Magyar people is very fascinating. I hope Hungary remains this way & doesn't get spoilt

Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki! Greetings from Poland

Best teacher I have come across, speaks so clearly and makes it so easy to understand

Hey everyone! If you wanna take your Hungarian to the next level check out my Udemy course: www.udemy.com/hungarian-for-everyone/learn/v4/overview

This rule with the letter S and SZ ist accurately the reverse Rule in Polish lenguage... funny...

The Hungarian language is such a challenge! I have downloaded various grammar and other lessons and I'm doing my best. Thank you Eszti for the help! (I'm Greek.)

Sziasztok, Philip vogyok. My wife and I visited Hungary in 2019 and were so impressed by the culture that we're returning again in 2022. The lessons you have presented had allowed me to practice Hungarian language on our first visit. And although my ability is very limited, people in Hungary were very nice in allowing me not to be afraid of making mistakes speaking. My goal for 2022 is to attempt using more sentence structure. I'm looking forward to more video lessons. Koszonom! Sziastok

Thank you Eszti. I’m visiting Budapest in two weeks so I’m glad to have seen this video with your very clear explanations. Particularly the explanations on the sz, and the hogy vagy. Looking forward to learning more.

Im 25% hungarian but I cant speak it soooo lets learn

I hear so many people say Hungarian sound almost like Finnish and I didn't belive that.... Untill Now. Its creepy how close it sounds like to my home language.

I keep traveling to hungary regularly, quite a few of these I know already, the good bye is a nice addition, thanks, I find the language interesting to listen to on the radio while I travel tghrough Hungary,

Hát ez isteni volt! Nyilván magyarként nincs sok szükségem arra, amit itt tanulhatnék, de annyira magával ragadó stílusod van, Eszter, hogy most úgy érzem, megnézem a többi videódat is! ;)

nemtudom miért nézem ezt a videót, magyar vagyok :D

I am half Hungarian and I am just now at 14 years old trying to learn Hungarian. I finally found a way to learn correctly

I love these videos! Thank you so much for making them! They are by far the best I have seen so far.

Thank you! My family is foreign speakers and originally came from Hungary, and visiting my aunt to learn is very difficult at the moment. I've been wanting to learn for a long time and this is a great start!

more!!! so helpful. My dad is hungarian and he teaches me small phrases but i want to be able to carry a convo with him!

Hello Eszter, i am really amused by your english (i mean it very positive because i ve been in Texas for a couple of month where i actually learned english by myself a long time ago...) and i love your pronouncing, sounds to me like a south dialect which i love so much :) I found your channel "by coincidence" because i have a hungarian-ukrainian friend which i talk in czech-slovakian language to (ok, i know sounds weird, but he did work in Bratislava/Slowakia a long time) and I am a german, speaking czech, slovak & partially PL/RU . My intention to "have a look how to learn hungarian" is because i am really looking forward to move to Hungaria so it will be necessary to speak the language. You definitely gained a new follower today :)

Eszter, please keep your videos coming! They are really very good, meaning that I have learnt a lot from them. And your style, with plenty of explanation and context works very well too. So more please!!

I am now in Budadapest for dental tourism, this has been very helpful already I have been using thank you (Koszonom) and also I found the word Please (kerem) very helpful in setting the mood when I attempt conversation. People are very amiable if you show you are trying to learn their language, its almost as though they are being complimented.

Magyar nyelv is awesome! I enjoy learning it!

Your English is amazing, the pronunciation is perfect

I'm brazilian, i let me tell you, how great teacher you are, i speak portuguese my native language, and english studying, and i found hungarian real nice, so i'll try to get the basics from your classes here, i felt awesome saying ''viszontlátásrá'. :)

Sooooo cool :) I came here from Joci Papai's origin and I have to admit I found a wonderful, but even more impressive and touching video on the web I absolutely feel comfortable with. Not only all thumbs up but a lot of respect and empathy I do feel here. Thanks for putting this one up! Really appreciated :)

I just found out I have Hungarian decency this is very helpful thank you!

More please, sooo helpful!

Thsnk you for the excellent breakdown. You manage to convey Magyar pronunciation rules to us Anglophones quite well! Very useful - and very informative, too.

Thanks for this lesson, I have Hungarian heritage & learned my first Hungarian words in the 70's every once in a while I look to find Hungarian Language lessons & I want to learn more & really Study.

Eszter is beautiful!

I from Poland and I have problem to learn Hungarian, because Polish "sz" means your "s" and that is very difficult to remember :D

This is so helpful, still after 3 years learning this unique language...the gy gets me everytime.

I'm learning Hungarian now, your videos are really good - köszönöm!

Köszönöm! I'm hoping to study a masters degree in Budapest and this video has been so useful :)

Actually is kind of easy for polish tongue ;) Greetings from Poland ;)

Nagyon jó videó és Esztinek a hosszú leeresztett haj áll a legjobban szerintem.

very good teacher, I've loved it and I love Hungarian

Fogom jakorolni a maygar (I know HORRIBLE grammar xD) When I was a kid, hungarian was my first language, I learned from my mom, but I lived in panama because my dad is from there, and panama is only spanish; thanks for giving the first steps to remember ! I'll try to say it in maygar (ths should be hilarious!) Nagyon közonom szepen Eszter nany!!! Te vagy egy nagyon okos ish szep lain ! Yo napot!! Ish bishtosh fogom meni maygarorzag mert ot van a niag mama ish kel meni oda ish beselni a nagy mama ish eni a jo maygar caya!!! Hahahahaha ... that was fun even though its probably so incorrect ! Happy new year!!!

Great! Please do continue with this. :) You explain very well!

I’m currently in Hungry it’s my second visit here but, this time I spoke everything you spoke of in your lesson 😊

I love learning languages and am fascinated by Hungarian. Your posts are fantastically helpful and I am planning a trip to Budapest in the spring. Carol from the UK

This was so helpful, thank you!

I can speak a decent amount of Italian and a little bit of German, mostly from college and duolingo, but I decided to have some fun with Hungarian because training your mind to understand more difficult languages makes it easier to learn others. That last phrase is...insane. I cannot say that phrase, I don't even know what sound you're making, no matter how many times I hear it. I keep thinking "Hogey vogey" haha. Thank you, though, this video was very helpful. I did the first few lessons on duolingo and I was so lost, so i came here and I think I have a bit of a grasp as to what I'm doing.

Eszter, i'm from Brazil and I want to learn to learn Hungarian. Because to get the Hungarian nationality I need to speak in this tongue. So, i found you! I'm very glad fot it! Thank you!

Thanks for making these videos. I’m studying Hungrarian and your videos are really helpful.

nagyon köszönöm. this is really helpful.

I'm actually interested in this because I'm more Hungarian than anything else and I'd like to own it, even though I have an English accent!

Thank you very much.This is my first lesson learning about your language.I enjoyed it very much!

Excellent lessons and very clearly explained! I have been to Budapest several times and love to hear the locals chatting... Your videos will help me learn more Hungarian - Köszi... ;)

Just passing through, and Wow! Flashbacks! Growing up whenever we visited my Grandparents it was a hodgepodge of Hungarian, Lithuanian, Russian, and Romanian with English thrown in just to further confuse things. The Grandparents and all the relatives all together made a cacophony of languages and sounds. Thanks.

You did a very nice job, I am learning Magyarul for over 3 years now and I love the language (and the country). The sound is like music to my ears. It's not an easy language for sure, but very interesting just because not everyone does understand or speak it. I often git asked why at all I am learning Hungarian and I always say, everyone learns French or Spanish and there are so may who speak it, but to learn Hungarian is so unusual it surprises people and that sets you apart. I also found Hungarian people are really helpful when you are trying to speak their language, it brings meeting people to a whole different level to know their language. So, well done, ügyes vagy és üdv Dublinban. Szép hétvégee kívánok neked. :-)

I'm going to Hungary in a couple of days and I'm going to practice these phrases constantly!

Lived in Budapest nearly 50 years ago and love it. Went there with 8 other couples a few years ago for a River cruise. We all had dinner at me favorite restaurant on the Fisherman Bastion, the Alabordos. Hope I spelt it correctly. Anyway it was magical. Visited the market and had goulash and sausage. I’d love to go back again. I appreciate so much more in my old age than in my youth when I took so much for granite. Truly one of the most beautiful cities and people in Europe.

hogy kerültem ide a vizsgaidőszak közepén?!

Thanks This is very helpful. Some day I will get to visit the village my grandmother (nagy anu?) came from back in 1909. You are doing great. Isten velid

What fun! Thanks so much! You taught at just the right pace for me to write it all down including pronumciations! Koszi!!

Thank you for this video. I just returned from Budapest and loved it!

I'm currenrly learning phrases and words via Dualingo :) Glad that I found your vids. They will be extra helpful! I'm from Finland so I kinda got curious about Hungarian language and it's been fun to learn phrases these last two days since I started 😂 Ones I remember best are Hogy Vagy? Jó reggelt kívánok. Közönöm szépen. Nem jól vagyok. Nem jól vagy. Igen and etc.

About 45 years ago I was absolutely head over heals for a Hungarian boy, and I learned some words. I was shocked to be able to recall them when I heard and saw them on these videos. I remember this phrase Nem tudom hogy mit irjak meg.

That was cool! The common phrases are always best to learn first! Thank you for the lesson!

Elég jól megtanultad a magyar nyelvet Eszter. Gratulálok! Csak így tovább! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Very good. Today I start learning Hungarian.

all cut race = alkatrész (part of smthg.); kithcen get neck = kicsöngetnek (bell's ringing)

Thanks for posting these videos! I learned Hungarian from my great grandparents and since I don't have anyone to converse with. I have forgotten much of what I knew! Your videos refresh my memory. Now if I could figure out how to find the rest of my family that remains in Nograd County, Hungary that would be awesome! Internet searches have not helped me much! Can anyone out there have any suggestions?

This is tight. My wife and I are going to Hungary next month. My moms Hungarian so all her side of the family is out there. This is a good refresher on some of the basic expressions. Thank you. Kosunem a vachara! lol...

Jesszusom, de szép ez a csaj!

I'm half Icelandic and half Hungarian 🙂

I was really lost about Hungarian because I didn't find many videos about it but your video is so good and easy to understand. I'll parctice Hungarian now. I'm Brazilian and in my city there aren't Hungarian course so it's so difficult to learn. Thanks. You're' so good and your explanation is clear.

Glad I found this video. My acestors came from Hungary and area and I know just a few words of the language. It is a beautiful language for sure.

Köszi! I'm totally in love with this language and it reminds me a little bit of polish (I also love this one lol). Thanks again 😉 kisses from brazil

Very beautiful sounding language ! Greetings from Transylvania!

Eszter!!! I didn't realise you had this channel!! I was searching for Hungarian phrases and here you are! This is amazing!! You taught me some of my first Hungarian words 6 years ago and I fell in love with this language! I'm going to really practice now.

I enjoyed your video. I hope to go to Hungary someday!

I'm not sure why I'm seeing comments comparing it to Polish. Maybe there's similarity in the phonology or the accent, but Hungarian is actually of no relation to Polish, belonging to the Uralic language family, which isn't even part of the Indo-European family tree. Its closest relations are Finnish and Estonian. On a side note, it's cool that I actually knew these already. My grandmother is grew up in a Magyar community, and her parents spoke Magyar when they didn't want her to understand them. The first German phrase that I learned was "Hogy van," and she was more familiar with it than "Hogy vagy."

Eszti sounds like Eesti - Estonia in Estonian :) Greetings from a Finno-Ugric cousin!

Thank you. I like the drums behind you also.

This is super helpful! I am studying in Budapest Hungary for a year and trying to learn some Hungarian. However, most people when I do try to speak it get annoyed with me and go back to English. But overall the people here are very nice.

JO EJSZAKAT,would be like " JOE IS A CAT "?

When u have an Hungarian tennis teacher and you want to unterstand what they talk to each other 👁️👄👁️

I just met a hunger Korean woman and I'm falling in love with her in this has helped me so much I'm excited to use these phrases thank you so much for making this video please make more you make it easy and I can understand your teaching is very well done

Good introduction, I study in Budapest and this helped me a lot, more of these please ;) love the emphasis on this S/SZ thingy. Thanks Eszter, Köszönöm szepen!