Hungarian language, numbers 1-10

by Don  

Y'know, I've studied 13 languages. But there was absolutely nothing I could leverage from those languages in memorizing the first ten numbers of Hungarian. That's okay, of course. You just have to memorize. Here they are: 1egy 2két or kettö 3három… more »

Hungarian language, verb ‘to speak’

by Don  

Here we have the conjugation of the verb 'to speak' in the present tense indefinite. ‘Indefinite’ means that either it does not have a direct object or that the direct object is indefinite (a/an/some). SingularPlural 1stbeszélekbeszélünk… more »

Hungarian language, T-V distinction

by Don  

Many languages have forms of ‘you’ that differ in politeness or relational closeness. That is, you use one form of ‘you’ when talking to a stranger on the street, and another form when talking to your child. So when I saw that Hungarian had te and ön,… more »

Hungarian language, indefinite vs. definite conjugation

by Don  

Hungarian, like English, has indefinite and definite articles that indicate whether you are speaking about a specific object or a non specific object. For instance, Indefinite a car egy autó Definite the car az autó Now here is a bit of fun. Hungarian… more »

Hungarian language, day 3

by Don  

I'm actually making good progress on my Hungarian. So far there is exactly one word that for some reason is causing me problems, although today I may finally have it down. It is the word for goodbye which is: viszontlátásra Yes, I know you are… more »

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