My father is Hungarian and as a child l spoke fluently. It was so nice to hear some of the phrases spoken again. It made me want to learn the language again.
I'm learning since 3 months hungarian at the beginning i was like it's to hard for me i could never speak it and now i can all of this from this video it's so beautiful language i keep continue to learn it.
My Mother died when I was 6 yrs. old, but I can remember her eldest sister speaking to me in Hungarian and not understanding anything she said. I wish I could learn the language and that is why I am watching all the videos. Thank you for being such a thoughtful teacher ! Keep up your beautiful teaching, please. ( :
Have never been to Finnland .We are the ugro-finnish group,have met lot of fast-switching Nokia guys working in CH . Best greetings from Northern Carpats .
My friend is from slovakia but she speaks hungarian in her family and at first it sounded sooo funny when I heard her talking it on the phone. I already knew few phrases but never said anything. Now I am going to surprise her next time I visit her.
Örvendek was my favourite. In the middle of a trip to the Baltics, we stopped by in Hungary for two days and met a young man in the tram. An old man saw us talking to the young Hungarian and started dancing for us. That was so sweet, and I couldn't say anything. Örvendek would have been something I could have had prepared easily for any situation to be nice.
The only thing that I'd change is to say the Hungarian word very very slowly. And give us a chance to pronounce it. Maybe say,"repeat after me" and then say it one syllable at a time.
I learned Hungarian from three books but it’s hard to conceptualize without people explaining it. I understand it to an A2-B1 level but I want to interpret my birth language and I believe in going back over the basics to maintain it so I can’t wait to watch all these videos!
"Merre van a mosdo?" Cycling 2 weeks through Hungary and will need this! This lesson was excellent. It brings back memories of my Hungarian grandparents, uncles and father of words and phrases I heard as a boy.
Nice introduction to Hungarian. I was born in the USA but my dad came from Hungary. He did not speak to me in Hungarian so I could learn it when I was young. A big mistake because Hungarian is difficult for me to learn now as an adult.
Same! Mother never spoke Hungarian . I never heard my Grandmother speak it. But she had a heavy accent. I loved it! I would love to learn Hungarian because it’s part of my heritage. Also I could read the many letters that have been written to my mother’s family. I don’t know much about their life before coming to US. I know it was difficult. Culture shock . . I had a book I got from my mom, learn to speak Hungarian. It started with the alphabet and pronunciation- That was enough to make my head spin! But I absolutely think it’s a beautiful language.
It is simple. Between friends or in the same social group, we use friendly greetings. For example helló, szia, szerbusz, szervusz, jó éjszakát (good night). You should use good morning (jó reggelt) or good afternoon (jó napot or szép napot) or good evening (jó estét) or see you later (viszontlátásra) at the street, in the office, in the shop.
If you use formal or official greeting for friends it will add more meaning for the situation. About the kids, You need to use the friendly form when you meet with them except for helló. And use bravely their name. For example szia Adam, szerbusz Peter, szia Anna, szia, szerbusz etc. And do not forget to learn plural form. :D
Never feel that you have to learn Hungarian just because you have hungarian bf/gf except if you live here. We Hungarians know how hard is it to learn, we don't expect foreigners to learn it, so I don't think the lack of Hungarian will affect any relationship. :D
It's kind of a joke. It's used anytime Hungary comes up in a post or something online. Hungary is often an afterthought in comparison to other countries, so when it is mentioned, this phrase is used by a Hungarian and usually other Hungarians will jump in talking about said boiler in order to continue the joke. I believe it comes from a longer joke that's told in Hungary, but online, it's an inside joke for Hungarians as a kind of "finally, someone mentioned us!".
It's funny for me watching this because I understand everything :) I'm a hungarian, but youtube was just advised me this video :) It's a good thing to teach people speaking our language, because it's so magical and it's a good feeling, because we have beautiful words. I know it"s not easy to learn the second hardest language, but this chanel tell it so nicely. I was so lucky to learn hungarian first from my parents when I was born and after that English, because it's easier. Good luck for everybody! :) Sok sikert kívánok mindenkinek!
Everyone say it differently, but no one hurts if you say it before noon. I always say Good Morning till 10AM, Good day from 10 AM to 6PM, Good Evening till I go to bed, and before I fall asleep I say Good Night! :)
I`ve just started learning Hungarian! And I consider it as a personal challenge: Learning this difficult language step by step. The sentences that called my attention : Visontlátásra, Elnézést, Várj egy pillanatot , Örvendek, Jó éjszakát..... All these sentences sound weird to me. My native language is Portuguese from Brazil.
Nekem ez a "nagyon köszönöm" elég furán hangzik, talán harmincszor ha kimondtam amióta beszélek. Ellenben a "köszönöm szépen" kifejezést midig használom és másoktól is sokkal többször hallom.
Sajnálatos módon kimaradt a "kívánok" szó az ismertetett köszönési formák közül, a "Jó napot (reggelt, estét, éjszakát)" felsorolásból. Jóllehet a kívánok-ot egyre gyakrabban elhagyják a köznapi érintkezésben, de még mindig él a teljes köszönési forma. Kár kihagyni most már egy oktatási célú anyagból is. Tudom, a nyelv és annak használata idővel változik, de ebben az esetben ez a nyelv és az emberi kapcsolatok silányosodásával jár. A köszönés nem csak egy odavetett formaság: eredetileg azt a tartalmat hordozza, hogy "látlak, embertársként üdvözöllek, megadom a tiszteletet a jelenlétednek.
But... you need to understand the finely-tuned social level system that is intrinsically built into the Hungarian language (kind of like Japanese). Some of these phrases are weird, condescending, sarcastic or even directly offending in the wrong context or with the wrong emphasis. I am still learning, but this is by far the most tricky part of learning Hungarian.
xbqchm Jó estét én is hiányoltam. A jó reggeltel pedig az a helyzet, hogy ha 11 órakkor is így köszönnénk biztos, hogy megszólnának, hogy "na ez is jó sokáig (döglött) aludt".
top 25 Hungarian Phrases 1 szia 2 jo reggelt 3 jo napot 4 jo ejszakat 5 mi a neved? 6 en (name) vagyok 7 örvendek 8 hogy vagy? 9 köszönöm jol. es te? 10 kerem 11 köszönöm 12 szivesen 13 igen 14 nem 15 oke 16 elnezest 17 bocsanat 18 mennyi az idő 19 merre van a mosdo? 20 varj egy pillanatot 21 ez mennybe kerül? 22 segitseg! 23 ne tudom! 24 kesőbb talalkozunk 25 viszontlatasra!
in my opinion, hungarian little hard, because hungarian sentence structure, some word etc similar like japanese, korean and mongolian etc. english is so hard
Szia Christensen44! Thank you for your comment. Both are completely correct in Hungarian and are used in the same way, so please don't hesitate to learn and use both! Sok sikert! Dorottya Team HungarianPod101.com
The above questions fit practically to children, among adults they are a bit crude. Among educated people: "Kihez van szerencsém?" (word by word: Whom I have luck to? or:"Szabad a(z Ön) nevét?" ( May I know your name? ) or "Kit tisztelhetek Önben?" (= Who may I respect in you?) It depends on the situation which form will be the best. E. g the last one is the most polite.
Many thanks I found this very useful!! However, only one minor request please if you can please “enunciate” your words a bit more at the start, this is very helpful to us novice Hungarian students. I am only learning because I am now in my fourth year of visiting for dental treatment and it seems very bad to have been there so many times and not attempted to learn the language. Otherwise I will just have to revert to my well trusted Doooo Yooooouuu Spur-eeeaak En -ger-lish?
