Are you hungry for some Hungarian?

First published in
SFOR Informer#168, December, 2003

To whet your appetite the Hungarian language is a unique language, with very difficult grammar and pronunciation. The Hungarian alphabet consists of 44 letters, which are one-two or three characters. Two characters are cs, dz, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, zs. There is only one three character which is dzs. The vowels are a, á, e, é, i, í, o, ó, ö, o, u, ú, ü, u. For better understanding to each other you can find below some useful expressions in Hungarian.

Good morning!
Good afternoon/ Good day!
Good evening!
Good night!
Hello!
See you!
Please
Thanks
Thank you very much
Cheers
How are you
I am fine, thanks
Yes
No

Jó reggelt!
Jó napot!
Jó estét!
Jó éjszakát!
Szia!
Viszontlátásra!
Kérem
Köszönöm
Köszönöm szépen
Egészségedre/
Egészségetekre (plural)
Hogy vagy?
Jól vagyok, köszönöm
Igen
Nem

 

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