The Life of Numbers in Hungarian In our new series to make your language learning more enjoyable, we are going to highlight what associations go with numbers in Hungarian. Our first number is 5 = ÖT The most positive connotation with five is dream of all Hungarian...
Colorful Hungarian Naming colours varies from culture to culture. What’s even more interesting is what associations go with a certain colour. Just think of the English phrase ‘green with envy’ translates as ‘yellow with envy’ (sárga az irígységtől). Our first colour...
Quirky Hungarian This section is recommended for learners of Hungarian. Forget conjugation charts and the 32 cases – just enjoy the flavour of the language! We want to bring everyday Hungarian usage closer to you including proverbs and sayings we use...
THE HUNGARIAN ACCENT Even if a Hungarian pretends to speak impeccable English they are often given away by their accent, which is due to the following reasons: in Hungarian letters correspond sounds and pronounced clearly (’What’ will/may sound ’vaht’) in Hungarian...
Hungarian pair Speech In Hungarian, being a descriptive language, it’s easy to decode the meaning of compound words like PÁRBESZÉD literally: PÁR BESZÉD, pair speech i.e. dialogue. Beginners often give up learning Hungarian because they think it’s torture by grammar,...
canicula hungarinised to kánikula August is traditionally the hottest month in Hungary, often with periods of ’KÁNIKULA’ i.e. the Hungarianized French word for dog days. The national pastime is to escape to a STRAND – an open-air swimming pool or lido – which even a...
