r/hungarian

Recently started researching the history of my Hungarian family and with it the amazing language. Unfortunately, none of my family know the answer to my question. What does the surname Hangó mean in the original language? The best translation I can find is sound or loud, but thought I’d ask the people with more knowledge on the matter. Köszi!

Is gy pronounced "gye" or "dye"

Edit: ok now i can pronounce it (anxious that it's still wrong tho lol)

Jó napot! Learning Hungarian, getting to the point where I can read a little. Do folks here have a favorite Hungarian news site?

Hi! I’m at around A1 level and looking for an experienced teacher for regular lessons. What I’m after:

- Structured lessons, ideally following the MagyarOK textbooks, with homework between sessions
- Two 1.5-hour lessons per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays
- A fixed recurring slot starting in September

If this is how you teach (or you can recommend someone), please drop a comment or DM

Edit: Thank you everyone, these are all great and all the context you've provided is really helpful. This character swears like a lot so I can use these all through my story. You guys are amazing!

Hi all! I have this bit I want to use in a short fiction.

For the exclamation I'm looking for something like "Goodness me," or "Fuck me,"

The character is female, 40, born and raised in Hungary, but came to Australia to study and has been here for about 20 years now.

I'm trying to establish the story is set slightly in the future (2030) by referencing a Mad Men reboot that doesn't exist in reality:

"It’s been a bullshit day all I really want to do is watch TV on the phone in the tub.

Season Two of the Mad Men reboot is out and it might be 2030 but Don Draper is still an unsalvageable dickhead. [Exclamation] everyone is dressed so sharply, I wish I could manifest a guy that dresses like this without filling all the suit pockets with emotional baggage."

Thank you for any advice!

I've seen it come up a few times now but I'm not sure what it actually means ("absolute movie theater?") or what the story behind it is

pelda szőlő, olló

fyi anyukamnak tanitok magyart

koszi

Hearing a guy screaming "HANDS UP, THIS IS A ROBBERY!" in Hungarian at triple the volume of the previous sentence was a perfect start to my day.

- Hungarian husband 🇭🇺
- I’m American (but lived in Budapest for 3 years)
- Baby due this winter! ❄️

Trying to find Hungarian baby/children’s books! 📚

It’s harder to track down than I anticipated!

Are there versions of classic USA books (goodnight moon, the very hungry caterpillar, the rainbow fish, goodnight gorilla, etc.) with Hungarian translations?

I’ve found a few classic original Hungarian tales & will be getting those as well, but I was hoping it would be easy to order books in Hungarian!

Anyone find a good site/have a good resource? (amazon was super lacking!)

Köszönöm!

When I give an introduction about my job what is the most natural term? I’ve seen both, are they interchangeable? I’m having trouble finding a consistent answer.

Tanulok magyarul. Szoftverfejlesztő vagyok.

Sziasztok! Finally episode 15 has arrived! We experimented this time with a vocab table at the beginning of the video -- let us know if that improves your learning experience. We explore Hungarians' relationship with air conditioning.

Dear all, let’s imagine an everyday situatuion in an average family. The fridge is almost empty and we need to buy some more food. The conversation in English might go something like this: „I’m going to the store. Need anything?”. However, in Hungarian there are 3 (or maybe even more options) for the first sentence:

1. Megyek a boltba. Kell valami?
2. Elmegyek a boltba. Kell valami?
3. Boltba megyek. Kell valami?

I am trying to grasp if there is any particular difference in meaning between the three and why the speaker would choose one over the other. We can also imagine similar statements in the past tense and in other tenses. Also, if we want to express general or repeated activities, e.g. „Mindennap elmegyek futni” vs. „Mindennap futni megyek”. Any difference in meaning in the ears of a native speaker?

Thank you!

Good evening. I'm Polish and don't speak Hungarian.

I've tried google translate and it's not going well.

Could you translate something for me so I print it and show so a certain Hungarian understands what I want from him?

It is about a fountain pen ink. I'm not using it as a company but as a private person trying to communicate better with a seller on a pen show. I hope it's not against rules here.

Something like this:

"Good morning, Sir. My name is [here goes my name]. Last year via instagram I contacted you for re-issue of your ink [name of the ink] and proposed that you put a post-it-note with my name on 1 bottle so I can pick it up on Pen Show Poland, which you accepted. Is the ink still available? If so I'd like to buy it. If not I'd like to buy another ink. I have already 2 other inks [names of inks] and they are very good and pretty. I'm sorry but I don't speak Hungarian and this text was translated for me by nice people who know your language. I apologize for inconvenience."

Is it acceptable and not rude after translating? Should I change something so it is more polite? Is it possible to translate? Is it clear? So that he knows what I'm babbling about? Or it is completely off and I need another text?

Thank you for your time.

Could you please check the text?

I am a hopeless learner. it appears the only training i enjoy is "reading-writing-memorising". This time i stated reading the famous "Svejk" (looks like "Social being determines consciousness"))) . i made my writing. But I would badly need your help to check and assess how close it is to a some natural sounding level. It is not word by word copy, it is rather paraphrase/retelling of original text (https://mek.oszk.hu/19200/19226/19226.htm)

I would appreciate your comments! Thank you in advance!

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>Ilyenkor a "Kehely" kocsma majdnem üres volt, csak egy vendég, Bretschneider, az államrendőrség detektívje és a kocsmáros Palivec ült ott. Mindketten dolgoztak, Palivec poharakat mosott, a detektív pedig gyanakodott (eng.: "suspects", meaning - sits and suspects at the moment), beszédbe eredve, igen kevés eredménnyel. Palivec olvasott és módfelett goromba ember volt, szokta hangsúlyozni minden szavát valami 'disznóság'-gal. Például, a Bretschneider megjegyzésére a nagyszerű nyárról, Palivec magabiztosan felelt - "Szart er az egész".
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>A detektív egy magasabb rangú bábuval lépett meg szólva, hogy rendes kalamajkát csináltak odalenn, Szarajevóban. A kocsmáros azonnal rávágta, hogy abban a nuszeli borházban mindig verekedés van. "Megvagy!", gondolta a tiszt. És már kéjesen elnyújtva szavakat így szólt, - "Dehoogy, kocsmáros úr, dehoogy! A Boszniai Szarajevóban. Lelőttek Ferdinánd főherceg urat. Mit szól hozzá, kérem?" De Palivec csak a pipájára rágyújtott. Kicsit udvariasan szólt mintha egy bemagolt szabályt, hogy Ö egy üzletember és főherceg úr kérdésébe egyáltalán nem avatkozik be. Bretschneider csalódottan nézett körül üres kocsmában.
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>Ekkor azonnal gyanakvó tekintete megállt a tükrön. Emlékezett, hogy múltkor arra fordulva áldásos nyugalom töltötte el. "Persze! ott egy császárkép lógott" -, jött rá a detektív. Megkísérelte még egyszer a beszélgetést, bejelenetezte a találatáról. Kiderül, hogy Palivec a pincében tette le a képet mert meg akarta menteni az ábrazátot a legyektől amik sokat leszartak rá. Nem hagyva megszülni szunetnek, ujra megkérdezte Polivec véleményét Szaraevóról. A kocsmáros úr a katonai szolgálatának idejére emlékszett, az a rettenetes hőségre, az jegre a főhadnagy úrnak, de se apróságára, mint az ezredre, ahol szolgált. A beszélgetés megint megszakadt.
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>Csak Svejk megjelenése töltötte meg élettel ezt az űrt, aki egy sört kérve, kijelentette, hogy "Bécsben gyászban vannak!"