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A place for learners and lovers of the Hungarian language. / Egy hely a magyar nyelv tanulói és kedvelői számára.

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  • Welcome to /r/hungarian! This subreddit deals with everything related to the Hungarian language. Whether you're learning the language or a native speaker, we're glad you're here and hope you enjoy it. Feel free to submit links to anything relating to the Hungarian language, or perhaps post questions or helpful suggestions to those learning it. Use this space to practice! Content in Hungarian and in English is welcome.

    Flairs are based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. (NA is for native speakers.) Set yours in the sidebar.


    Üdvözlünk a /r/hungarian-on! Ez az alreddit minden olyan dologgal foglalkozik, ami a magyar nyelvvel kapcsolatos! Akár nyelvet tanulsz, akár anyanyelvi szinten beszéled, örülünk, hogy itt vagy és reméljük, hogy jól érzed magad! Küldj be bátran a magyar nyelvhez kapcsolódó linkeket, esetleg tegyél fel kérdéseket vagy küldj be hasznos tanácsokat azoknak, akik magyarul tanulnak. Használd ezt a helyet arra, hogy gyakorolj! Angol és magyar tartalmakat is szívesen látunk!

    A flair-ek a Közös Európai Referenciakereten alapulnak. Add meg a sajátod az oldalsávon! (A "NA" az anyanyelvi szinten beszélők jele.)

    A magyar ábécé

    The Hungarian alphabet

    A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz

    Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h

    I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n

    Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, Q q

    R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú

    Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Zs zs

    Megjegyzések

    Notes

    Link flair meanings:

    • Bejelentés → Announcement
    • Fordítás → Translation
    • Kérdés → Question
    • Kézírás → Handwriting
    • Kiejtés → Pronunciation
    • Megbeszélés → Discussion
    • Nyelvtan → Grammar
    • Tipp → Tip
    • Vicc → Joke

    (You don't need to write your flair in the title, these will be added by our moderators as soon as they approve your post.)

    Hasznos alredditek

    Useful subreddits

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    1

    Magyar hip hop mix

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uizixQtwo-M
    Hello, this is my third hungarian hip hop mix! A few underground tracks in the lot

    0 Comments
    2024/05/05
    14:10 UTC

    13

    How are these verbs called?

    Verbs such as: ízlik, tetszik, sikerül, érdekel that as far I as I understand they don't conjugate like the rest.

    (nekem) ízlett a pizza ✅
    ízlettem a pizza ❌

    13 Comments
    2024/05/05
    11:18 UTC

    5

    Accessible apps or books with short easy stories.

    Hi, I am new to Reddit, and I'm a bit confused about the posting system on here in general. I would like to know if there are any accessible apps or books, or even websites with short stories in Hungarian? I have been trying to find stuff with translations on side or under the story, but everything is on Amazon and we do not have Amazon over here, so I would like to ask if there are other resources besides looking for books on there. Primarily, books in Epub or PDF without, if possible,images. Thanks a lot. PS: Excuse me if the post is not labelled correctly or in order.

    6 Comments
    2024/05/04
    17:17 UTC

    14

    A question about learning Hungarian

    Hello!

    I have been wanting to learn Hungarian for a while but I never started, and now that I planned a 5 day trip to Budapest I think it is the time to start learning. My trip is in 1,5 months and I have plenty of free time until it, so I wanted to ask what the best way is to “speedrun” until my trip and where to start. I at least want to come to a level that I would be able to practise with natives when I am there.

    My native language is Turkish and I am fluent in English, if they are any relevant.

    Thank you!

    14 Comments
    2024/05/04
    16:49 UTC

    35

    Is it positive or

    I’m 37 and My wife is Hungarian and I’m learning it. Is it possible for me to become fluent in Hungarian with diligent study? I asked her this and she said probably not but my Hungarian would get better just not fluent.

    51 Comments
    2024/05/04
    16:07 UTC

    21

    fizikából, matematikából

    I know what the -bol suffix means, but I don't understand it in the following sentence - Mi öt órakor vizsgázunk, de nem fizikából, hanem matematikából. Help, please.

    12 Comments
    2024/05/03
    16:40 UTC

    6

    Újpest to DUNAKESZI bike Adventure

    1 Comment
    2024/05/02
    20:23 UTC

    12

    Kiss to a friend?

    Hi , is there other ways to say csok , so that can be used for friends . I heard something like csoke ( i didn’t not probably write it correctly)

    I know for puszi! To be honest I am asking because I heard my friends boyfriend use it and he said that ‘csok’ are for lovers but if you pronounce it little bit differently it can be used for friends as well and than pronounce it like ‘csoke or csoki’

    If someone who understand it can explain it to me? Thank you!

    42 Comments
    2024/05/02
    02:40 UTC

    1

    Bilingual Magyar Angol vlog

    0 Comments
    2024/05/01
    18:26 UTC

    29

    Mini Hungarian Lesson #3: Ways to disagree with someone

    Here's a sentence I disagree with:

    🇭🇺 A kutyának a kertben van a helye.
    🇬🇧 The dog's place is in the garden.

    Let's see some ways I could react to this sentence:

    1. Szerintem ez nem így van. = I don't think that's the case.
    2. Én ezt másként látom. = I see this differently.
    3. Ebben nincs igazad. = You're wrong about that.
    4. Ez baromság. 🤬 = This is bullshit. 🤬

    Here's another one; but what's the missing word?
    ... nem értünk egyet. = We don't agree on this.

    a) Ezen
    b) Erről
    c) Ebben

    👉🏻 You can find the solution and learn more ways to disagree with someone and listen to a short dialogue for context in this week's FREE Mini Hungarian Lesson: https://hungarize.com/minilessons/

    ---

    If you'd like to learn real-life Hungarian with short dialogues with transcript, translation, word list and language notes, we would love to welcome you in our Hungarize - Daily Dose of Hungarian program. 😊

    8 Comments
    2024/05/01
    16:46 UTC

    7

    Hungarian Postcard

    Hello, this is an old (1908) postcard of a PNW indoor pool I have. I am 90% sure it is Hungarian (I am familiar with "az" as a pronoun, I believe?) but I am really struggling with translating it. Can anyone translate or confirm that it's Hungarian? Thank you so much for any help.

    https://preview.redd.it/27sabe9p3pxc1.jpg?width=1385&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a572976236f2546df77da208373aba985c7d2044

    Best attempt at a transcription: ynzn Hznm(h/b/l)z sniz B(r/oo)b & Jnp kzd az ynzn. Az nzojn sniz boy ernizn.

    13 Comments
    2024/04/30
    22:51 UTC

    9

    Pretty new to Hungarian and am confused on verbs

    So I’ve been learning Hungarian for a bit longer than 50 days and still don’t understand verbs such as “you are eating” vs “you eat”. Is there any direct translation?

    20 Comments
    2024/04/30
    20:49 UTC

    9

    Online Hungarian History courses

    Does anyone know any online courses that are on Hungary? About history/cukture/language?

    I'm looking to add more to my language study 😊

    1 Comment
    2024/04/30
    19:33 UTC

    61

    Hogy vagytok

    i’m hungarian, but born in Sweden. My first words/sentences were hungarian but i’ve forgotten most of it now and i wanna start learning it again. My parents and grandparents put no effort in trying to teach me it, but my dad and grandma talk mainly in hungarian. I’ve noticed that my grandma often says “Hogy vagytok?” to say “how are you?” (i think) but why add the ‘tok’? i’ve always known it to be just hogy vagy. Is it like szia and sziasztok? A nicer and more friendly way to say it? I’d also like different tips and tricks to learning the hungarian language that i’d prefer if they were free😊 my goal is to be able to try to converse w family.

    27 Comments
    2024/04/30
    17:10 UTC

    11

    Has anyone else took the ELTE Summer University of Hungarian Language and Culture?

    Hello,

    I will be visiting Hungary in the summer. I want to learn more about the Hungarian language. I know fluent English and can have conversations in Hungarian without real flow. My comprehension of Hungarian is good. I figure the best way to learn Hungarian would be to immerse myself in Budapest.

    I was thinking of taking the 29th Summer University of Hungarian Language and Culture + cultural program for 2-4 weeks. Has anyone else taken it? What was it like for you?

    1 Comment
    2024/04/30
    14:09 UTC

    1

    Does this song have hungarian origins / does anyone know what the name of this song is?

    Hello!

    I am part of a search group that is looking for a song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Tf2uv6WOg

    It's believed that this song could be of Hungarian origin, although no one is certain of that. I was wondering if any native Hungarians may have heard it?

    If you want to join the search or learn more about it, please join the sub r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame

    Thanks.

    Translation: Helló!

    Egy keresőcsoport tagja vagyok, amely dalt keres. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9Tf2uv6WOg

    Úgy tartják, hogy ez a dal magyar eredetű lehet, bár ebben senki sem biztos. Érdeklődnék, hogy hallhatta-e valamelyik magyar anyanyelvű?

    Ha csatlakozni szeretne a kereséshez, vagy többet szeretne megtudni róla, kérjük, csatlakozzon a r/NowIKnowItsJustAGame alcímhez

    Kösz.

    3 Comments
    2024/04/30
    04:54 UTC

    33

    How would I say in Hungarian, "You'd bitch if they hung you with a new rope?

    I'm not looking for a direct translation so much as an equivalent Hungarian phrase, one with the same meaning.

    19 Comments
    2024/04/29
    19:53 UTC

    0

    ncore login

    hello, does anybody have an ncore login, if not, how to find one? thanks!

    2 Comments
    2024/04/29
    05:06 UTC

    18

    Different pronunciations of "a"

    Szia, I've just started dipping my toes into Hungarian and I'm wondering about the pronunciation of "a" with no accent.

    For context I've been looking into given names that have versions shared between Hungarian and English etc. So maybe that affects the pronunciation - that these are essentially loan "words"?

    Anyway, to my question - I've gotten used to "a" as that kind of deepish "aw" sound that's often portrayed as "o" in English. But I keep hearing examples of it having a brighter kind of sound. I wonder if there's a pattern or rule here?

    A clear example is with Sara and Sára:

    https://forvo.com/search/sara/hu/

    The "Sara" pronunciation demonstrates what I'm talking about - these vowels could be from any PIE language :)

    Whereas the second vowel in "Sára" is what I'm getting used to expecting and pronouncing.

    Any insight? Sorry, I know this is a newbie question, but I couldn't find anything about it.

    Köszönöm szépen

    34 Comments
    2024/04/28
    21:06 UTC

    10

    Tomentsek v. Domentsek?

    Hello, I don't know any Hungarian, but I just learned two of my great grandparents were Hungarian and I am doing some geneology research on them. In English, the family goes by the name Toman now, but records I've found show that the original spelling was Tomentsek. I've attached the record below with this spelling. But I've also found another record which seems to be the same people, but now the spelling is Domentsek. Looking through these threads, I see there is a lot of discussion about the pronunciation of T/D sounding similar to someone english speaking listening, but since these are Hungarian records I was wondering why the change of spelling?? These also both seem to be baptism records for the same person (their daughter Anna) so I was curious about why there would be two records of the same event? Appreciate if anyone knows much! Thank you

    https://preview.redd.it/7mar9c6s99xc1.jpg?width=5120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea5931e9bd238a845afaf571742879fba7111d08

    https://preview.redd.it/cpsvjoo999xc1.png?width=1215&format=png&auto=webp&s=affc71c4ca59832b8a353ad927340138d9d28445

    15 Comments
    2024/04/28
    17:45 UTC

    0

    A Song about Attila with Throat Singing

    5 Comments
    2024/04/28
    17:35 UTC

    15

    Igaz vs igazi

    What is the difference between igaz and igazi? They both are adjectives. I don't know how to add them to my anki deck as two separate cards, because in dictionary they mean the same.

    7 Comments
    2024/04/28
    08:47 UTC

    0

    segítség az szakdolgozat elkészítéséhez

    Van egy kérésem, rendeznéd az alábbi igéket a legmagasabbtól a legalacsonyabb tetszőleges fokig?

    szeret

    rokonszenvez

    vonzódik

    imád

    csodál

    csipáz

    komál

    tetszik

    rajong érte

    odavan ért

    kedvel

    szível

    komáz

    gyönyörködik

    8 Comments
    2024/04/28
    08:39 UTC

    62

    How do hungarian toddlers speak?

    Hi, I was wondering how do hungarian toddlers typically speak. What kind of stuff do they say first and what type of mistake they make

    62 Comments
    2024/04/28
    06:21 UTC

    8

    Comparative phrases

    Hello, I had a question concerning comparative phrases. When reading up on how to form them, I discovered that there are several ways to do so.

    Example phrase: "I saw a woman taller than my mother"

    The first way I saw was with the -nál case, making sentences like:

    "Magasabb nőt láttam az anyámnál"

    The second way was with mint , making sentences like:

    "Magasabb nőt láttam mint az anyám"

    I read that they can have different readings/meanings, with the former meaning "I saw a woman taller than my mother is" and the latter meaning "I saw a woman taller than my mother saw". Is this true?

    What would be the most natural way to express a comparison like this?

    3 Comments
    2024/04/27
    22:53 UTC

    4

    Does anyone know the woman singer in this song?

    3 Comments
    2024/04/27
    16:58 UTC

    49

    Do you have this word?

    Szia!!

    So, my partner is Hungarian but she's having difficulty thinking of a word that translates to the phrase "people pleaser", as it seems its not much of a Hungarian (or even European) thing. She says the only word she can think of is "konfliktus kerülő" which translates to "conflict avoider" but it doesn't quite hit the nose of what we're trying to say.

    A clear definition of people pleaser is "someone who goes out of their way to please others"

    A direct translation would be "kedvesebbek az embereknek" but a word for word translation again doesn't really hit the nail on the head.

    Any native speakers that can pitch in and help us out?

    40 Comments
    2024/04/27
    15:07 UTC

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