Hungarian, a Uralic language, is spoken by about 15 million speakers in Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Ukraine, Slovakia and rest of the world. The language is called 'Magyar' in Hungarian and is a highly inflected language. Nouns in Hungarian can have up to 238 possible forms. It is also related to Mansi, an Ob-Ugric language with about 4,000 speakers who live in the eastern Urals.
Earliest traces of literature in Hungarian date back to the 12 century. The first book to be printed in the Hungarian language was published in 1527 in Krakow, Poland.
The following phrases are meant to provide a quick insight into the Hungarian language.
| a | --- | is a little more closed when compared to most European languages, is pronounced similar to "got" or "cot" |
| Á | --- | is closer to the usual “a” (as in car, war etc.) but pronounced a bit longer |
| i | --- | as in the 'i' in thin; thick |
| Í | --- | is a longer “I” (as in creep, seep etc.) |
| j | --- | pronounced ‘je’ - similar sounding to ‘y’ in English ( e.g.: youth, yes etc.,) |
| o | --- | shorter “o” (e.g.: November) |
| Ó | --- | the ‘O’ with double accents is longer (e.g.: bow, crow) |
| v | --- | pronounced ‘ve’ – (e.g.: very, every) |
| Ü | --- | the u with the double accents is the longer ‘u’ – e.g.: allure |
| Hi (singular) | --- | Szia! |
| Hi (plural) | --- | Sziasztok! |
| Yes | --- | Igen |
| No/not | --- | Nem |
| Good morning | --- | Jó reggelt (kívánok)! |
| Good evening | --- | Jó estét (kívánok)! |
| Good day | --- | Jó napot (kívánok)! |
| Good night | --- | Jó éjszakát! |
| Good bye | --- | Viszlát!/Viszontlátásra! |
| Please | --- | Kérek/kérem |
| Thanks | --- | Kösz/köszi! |
| I am sorry/beg your pardon | --- | Bocsánat / Bocsánatot kérek! |
| How much is it? | --- | Mennyibe kerül? |
| Where? | --- | Hol? |
| When? | --- | Mikor? |
| Which way? | --- | Mere? |
| Now | --- | Most |
| Week | --- | Hét |
| Early morning | --- | Reggel |
| Noon | --- | Dél |
| Afternoon | --- | Délután |
| Evening | --- | Este |
| Night | --- | Éjszaka |
| Today | --- | Ma |
| Tomorrow | --- | Holnap |
| To eat | --- | Enni |
| To drink | --- | Inni |
| To sleep | --- | Aludni |
| Street | --- | Utca |
| Road | --- | Út |
| Post office | --- | Posta |
| Travel office | --- | Utazási iroda |
| Right/to right | --- | Jobb/jobbra |
| Left/to left | --- | Bal/balra |
| Straight | --- | Egyenesen |
| In front of | --- | Szemben |
| And | --- | És |
| I understand | --- | Értem |
| I don’t understand | --- | Nem értem |
| Later | --- | Később |
| Urgent | --- | Sürgős |
| 0 | --- | Nulla |
| 1 | --- | Egy |
| 2 | --- | Kettő (két) |
| 3 | --- | Három |
| 4 | --- | Négy |
| 5 | --- | Öt |
| 6 | --- | Hat |
| 7 | --- | Hét |
| 8 | --- | Nyolc |
| 9 | --- | Kilenc |
| 10 | --- | Tíz |
| Monday | --- | Hétfõ |
| Tuesday | --- | Kedd |
| Wednesday | --- | Szerda |
| Thursday | --- | Csütörtök |
| Friday | --- | Péntek |
| Saturday | --- | Szombat |
| Sunday | --- | Vasárnap |
| Entry | --- | Belépését |
| Exit | --- | Kilépéshez |
| Police | --- | Rrendőrséget |
| Airport | --- | Reptéri |
| Bus station | --- | Buszpályaudvar |
| Taxi stand | --- | Taxi állni |
| Address | --- | Cím |
| Street | --- | Street |
| Number | --- | Számot |
| City | --- | Város |
| Here | --- | Itt |
| There | --- | Ott |
| Next to | --- | Szomszédságában |
| Opposite | --- | Ellenkezője |
| Behind | --- | Mögött |
| To | --- | Hogy |
| Right | --- | Jobb |
| Left | --- | Bal |
| Straight | --- | Egyenes |
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