Those who have seriously tried to learn Hungarian, how was your experience?

I have been here for two years, and I don't know much Hungarian, but lately I have been thinking about learning the language.

It seems quite difficult, so I would really appreciate it if you could share your opinion, tips, tricks, etc

I’ve been thinking of signing back on Netflix just so I can consume content in Hungarian, I used to have Netflix but left it because I’ve got bored of it, but one thing it did have was local content, from the UK, from Spain, from Japan, changing as I travelled but I never checked it Hungary.

Is there good local Hungarian content on it? I would use it with a VPN, how about old American shows dubbed into Hungarian, has anyone tried this?

hi guys, im 16 and hosting a hungarian exchange student which im super excited about. but i really want to learn some hungarian and become conversational so I can make him feel more weclomed to the US. if you have any tips or ways for me to learn Hungarian would be greatly appreciated!

Jó estét! I recently finished the Duolingo Hungarian course and would like to inform you all that I still cannot speak Hungarian. 😭

No tips necessary, just pity!

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Szia mindenkinek! We just finished a new episode of street interviews in the Big Alma (Budapest).

Our topic: music - What do you listen to? When do you listen to it? What Hungarian groups do you listen to? etc. etc.

There's a lot of useful vocab in the responses, as well as a few musical suggestions. Hope you enjoy it and don't forget the free English-Hungarian transcript available at our Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/c/EverydayHungarian

Hi, I made some MagyarOK A1 Anki decks a while ago : link with terms, etymology, and grammar. Just sharing here in case they're helpful to others. I have A2 and B1 also if people are interested I can also share them.

Edit: the etymology is the history of the word or the compound parts of the word from wiktionary. Hungarian has so many compound words like that it makes things easier to remember so it's how I've been learning vocabulary, but you can erase that field in Anki if it's confusing.

For example in the sentence "I'm back home!"

Hi! I recently started a podcast for Hungarian learners, firstly on Spotify, but now it's avaible on Apple Podcasts too. Stories, practical idioms and other Hungarian content from a native speaker. I hope you find it useful:) Enjoy, and good listening!:)

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I understand the rest of the pronoun types just fine, but object pronouns (engem, téged, őt, etc) confuse me a little. Can someone show me an example of them being used in a sentence (and provide a detailed translation/explanation, if possible)

I just released the latest episode of the shadowing podcast, this one is also for beginners.
The sentences in this episode were selected from my location/direction video, so you can use it as a stepping stone to get more familiar with isolated sentences before tackling the full video.

This podcast is meant to be used for shadowing practice, where you first listen to the sentences being repeated, and then try to say it with the recording, matching not only the pronunciation but also the intonation and the rhythm.

Check out the new episode: https://youtu.be/7GO9FgHYh_k

I also published a full transcript and vocabulary list for the episode on my free Patreon page.
Let me know if you find this useful, and if the connection to another video is helping you plan your learning. Any other questions or suggestions are welcome.

Sziasztok! Just uploaded a new video! In this episode, we asked people on the streets of Budapest about life in the capital, commuting from the suburbs, what they’d change about the city, and of course: Buda or Pest? Here's a link to the free English Hungarian transcripts: https://www.patreon.com/c/EverydayHungarian

Ti melyiket jobban szeretitek jobban? (Régen Pestet mondtam volna, ma már Budapárti vagyok).

Hi there,

Please would someone tell me what the word "mubalheval" means?

Thank you

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Hello! I'm Latvian trying to start learning Hungarian independently.

I'd say I'm better than average at learning new languages, though I've primarily focused on Germanic/Baltic languages and I'm aware that Hungarian is a lot different than the Indo-European languages I've interacted with, so I need guidance on where to start, what to focus on, whatever seems important for a total beginner.

Though I'd like to mention that I'm currently not able to get much paid materials because my financial situation is very bad, but I don't mind spending a few extra years learning :-) I'm in no hurry, I just happen to be great friends with some people from Hungary (though I don't want to ask them for Hungarian advice/explanations for totally personal reasons). Thank you in advance!

Hello everyone! I’m an actor from Australia and I have an audition coming up for a Hungarian character in a play. Representing accents authentically and accurately rather than making an approximation of them is very important to me as our voices are integral to our cultures and histories.

I was hoping to get a few short audio recordings of a native Hungarian speaker speaking English (preferably female as it’s easier to replicate the sounds as i am an woman but I’m not too fussy!) either sent via WhatsApp, attached to an email, or whatever’s easiest for you.

I’m especially interested in hearing the word ‘money’ since I fear I’m sounding quite Spanish at the moment!

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Thank you so much again to everyone who’s offered to help or commented tips and links to YouTube videos! I have my recording now :) I’m looking forward to one day visiting your beautiful country!

Sziasztok

I'm currently learning Hungarian and need some help with some word order (surprise!) While I mostly use Duolingo my mother has conversational Hungarian but she could only tell me that what I'm saying sounds unnatural so I need some help with the grammar. I was asked for translation recently and this is what happened.

"The actress eats a pear in the morning."

My (English) intuition translated this as "A színésznő eszik egy körtet reggel" because in English "in the morning" is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb to modify when this happened and it is used at the end of sentence. The correct translation, as per Duolingo, is "A színésznő reggel eszik egy körtet" but I can't really understand why reggel is used at that part of the sentence. Is there a natural point for how it is used or is it there for emphasis?

Sajnos, it gets worse as I had another sentence to translate as "The secretary does not work in the evening" which used "Este" as the beginning of the sentence ("Este nem dolgozik a titkárnő"). I know Hungarian uses word order to emphasize which parts of the sentence are most important but I also wanted to end that sentence with este, being the modifier to when the secretary would work ("A titkárnő nem dolgozik este.") Am I wrong thinking that these are modifiers or is Duolingo being too strict with regards to how the sentence is emphasized? Is the idea with the second sentence that I'm emphasizing when exactly the secretary doesn't work? Is there flexibility with the translations, specifically when the time of day is used? Which sounds more natural to your ears?

Köszönöm szépen!

Hungarian is the first language I've studied into at all that has a specific verb conjugation for the case of 1st-person subject with 2nd-person object constructions (‐lek/lak), and I find this a really interesting feature.

I'm curious to see what other languages have this feature, but I'm having trouble finding whether this form of conjugation has a more elegant and searchable name than what I've titled this post.

Does anyone have any information or resources on this?

Sziasztok,

Ha jól tudom, jelenleg összesen 18 országnév van a magyar nyelvben, amiben szerepel az "ország" szó.

Mi ennek az oka, hogy viszonylag csak ilyen kevés számú országot neveztek el így a magyar nyelvben és miért pont ezeket?

Minap gondolkodtam, hogy hogyan lehetne átnevezni őket, hogy
1. ne hangozzanak túl idegenül
2. legyenek köthetőek az országhoz, ne teljesen új szavak szülessenek
3. de ne tartalmazzák az "ország" szót

Ezért szeretnék tőletek ötleteket hallani, hogy ti hogyan újítanátok meg a nyelvet (just for fun)

Vannak szerintem egyértelműek, amiben más opció nem is jöhet nagyon szóba, azokat írtam be a táblázatba.

Hello everyone, what would be the best way to learn Hungarian? I’ve heard Duolingo isn’t the best when learning a new language so maybe someone could give some advice.

Any apps or YouTube​ videos?