Hungarian language: What is your name?
Apparently the question, "What is your name?" in HU comes out, "How do they call you?" That makes perfect sense to me from the Russian point of view. But the answer that I've found so far is, "I am Don." That is, the question and the answer have… more »
The frustrations of trying to learn Kyrgyz as a Russian
Why Kyrgyz is difficult to learn
2012 March 8 by learnkyrgyz
A good friend an an amazing blogger, Bektour of Kloop.kg, published an insightful post today on his struggles with the Kyrgyz language. I am sure many readers will be able to relate to at… more »
Hungarian language, hundreds
100száz (egyszáz)
200kettöszáz
300háromszáz
400négyszáz
500ötszáz
600hatszáz
700hétszáz
800nyolcszáz
900kilencszáz
1000ezer more »
Hungarian language, to/from/at
One of the frustrating bits of learning Russian from the English perspective is that there are three sets of prepositions/cases that combine to mean to/from/at. There is a default form. Next there is a set of nouns that must be used with a different… more »
Hungarian language, ‘cost’
Note the use of the illative case.
How much does it cost?Mennyibe kerül?
It costs two hundred forints.Kettőszáz forintba kerül. more »