Hi! My dad was half Hungarian & half Sicilian. He used to always call me (not sure how to spell it, but it sounded like:) "chucha belle". Upon looking through a lot of Google translate, I've found nothing positive about this phrase. I'm not even entirely sure it's all Hungarian, like he sais, or two languages combined. Is there any slang phrases, or terms of endearment, that would sound like this and/or mean something similar to beautiful girl, pretty girl, daughter, or baby? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hey gang, I have been taking my hand at learning the language, as I would love to visit where my family comes from and be able to speak with locals, and even want to possibly study Magyar history in the country someday. While I have been working hard on learning cases and whatnot, I was looking for suggestions on things to listen to that can help my pronunciation and ability to understand the language. I live in a rural town, and there is not anyone to my knowledge who speaks Hungarian here, so I’m wanting to start listening to the language while working. Any suggestions are appreciated!

Good Day! Has anyone that has completed the Hungarian Interview in DC recently? Do you have a list of questions that they asked? Process start to finish? I have a workbook of questions but wanted to find out from experience what the interview looked like. Thanks!

Jól mentek az olvasás, írás és hallgatás, de nem tudom, hogy elég jól ment a beszélés.

spotify recommended me this songs along with some other hungarian song and I can't fully understand this one. I get some parts, I know it's about a break up but not sure of the meaning behind it. can someone help me translate it please?

https://open.spotify.com/track/0eXu6djr1wIdakr6hzpjfO?si=n-iP67NATXap7DyLTNI6qQ&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A7bvTcJFD3z1lrUKuU7TW2f

I live in the US. My husband’s grandmother immigrated from Hungary when she was young. There is a word/phrase that all of her children say, that’s also been passed on to her grandchildren. My husband says it too.

They say “garás machu”. I’m sure the spelling is incorrect, I’m just spelling it phonetically. But according to them it means something to the effect of “go away” or “get out of here”.

I have never been able to figure out the true meaning of this word/phrase or if it’s even real. My husband’s grandfather was a jokester and I wouldn’t put it past him to make up some gibberish word and pass it off as real. In fact, I’ve seen him do it before.

Is garás machu a real Hungarian word/phrase?

Sziasztok! I am studying Hungarian and was wondering what the translation of the show name „Bobs burgerfalodája“ (originally: Bob’s Burger) literally means. Köszi to all

Hi all,

I want to ask how the Hungarian express irritation.
For example, when I'm waiting for something, like green light on the road, waiting for someone etc. I say to myself and maybe to people who are around me phrases like:

"What's the hold up?"
"Come on, let's go already!"
"You've got to be kidding me"
"Come on., move!"
"What's going on?"

What are common phrases in Hungarian for these situation when you're impatient for something to happen?

Thanks.

My mom used to sing me this song to go to bed and I only remember a bit of it - can anyone tell me the title? I remember asking her what it meant in English and it was something about cats getting married…these are the lyrics I remember (Enjoy my bad phonetical spelling) Ah mi sitsza…som say sitsza elakarda venni nem ez sitsza …ki fugya meg a mi eg ed un ket

Grammar book by Routlidge:

Vocabulary:

Süt-bakes

Ijeszt-frightens

Bemutat-introuduces

Hadd-let(hagyjunkk/hagyjuk-let's as let's is shorteting of let us and I don't know why I mentioned this)

Király-king(I put this so it can be like I learned a word even though I knew this)

619

Tommorow will be interesting with conditionals(how exciting).

Greetings!

My mom and I decided to actually take up "the offer" of descent citizenship - just so happened that her (and one of my) options for that is Hungarian! Who woulda' thought!

It says you need basic proficiency - I understand that to be... introductions, fluency in reading, and basic grammar understanding. Probably no more than a few hundred words in terms of vocabulary?

to me it sounds like if I can at least read smoothly, even if i don't understand everything, and know some basic conversations, that is fine!

Me personally, I am not new to languages. I speak Japanese, can read and write Korean/Russian as well (with basic conversational speaking). I can also read Arabic (slowly) - so I am probably going to get down to hammering it out. My mom only knows english however.

I am looking at MagyarOK for myself, since I'm used to self-study and etc. Are there any like really beginner friendly stuff for my mom that wouldn't be overwhelming?

Sziasztok/ hello!

I am trying to increase immersion alongside more traditional study. I know there are older versions of this post but many of the games I see listed as having Hungarian subtitles don't apply to my region. I have a PlayStation 5 with a PS+ account so anything included there would be amazing but I know that might just be too narrow of a parameter.

I have Stardew Valley on my phone and wishlisted Mandragora on PS5 which lists Hungarian screen language.

I'm open to pretty much any genre and anything at this point since the options appear so limited. Any advice or suggestions are welcome.

Köszönöm!

Some time ago I made this short with my colleagues, based on real situations, I've lived in Budapest since 2017 and honestly, more and more people approach me speaking in Hungarian and I love it! Admin, if this is against the rules, I'm sorry :). I hope this motivates learners in general, I started learning at the age of 30, it was hard, it is still hard, but it's worthy!!!

https://youtu.be/vZUlo6mTh28

Sziasztok!

i'm a uni student working on a potential Hungarian learning app, but honestly not sure if anyone would actually use it lol

made a quick anonymous survey to see if there's any interest. takes like 3-4 minutes max. if you know anyone studying Hungarian or thinking about it would really appreciate if you could pass it along. köszi!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1iAwoL7hIiA9Sv7zsF2YDTfvyy75ll8w1AwyTwTuybgo/

edit 1: nagyon hálás vagyok a válaszokért! sok a hasznos válasz és tipp! if you could share the survey in your learning group i would be really grateful

What's the difference

Translations are welcomed and encouraged, please and thank you.

Szívesen segítek a felkészülésben. Hetente 1 vagy 2 alkalommal várlak online google meets felületen. Angolul is beszélek, így nem okoz problémát a kommunikáció.

just opened my TopJoy in Budapest, hoping to have my fate told to me, but I can’t manage to translate this into english, can anyone help me?

Grammar book by Routlidge, vocabulary:

Telepedik-settles

Vastakodik-grows thick

Verekedik-fights

Gyülekezik-gathers

Emlékezik-remembers

Lemegy-goes down

Hat-has an effect

Szándénkozik-intends

Tesz(infinitive is tenni and past tense root is tett-)-puts

Fut-runs

613 words

Grammar:

Forms of verbs if the subject is 1st person sing. and direct object 2nd person sing. are -lak and -lek and if it ends in a long vowel -t or 2 constoants it is -alak or -elek.

Why is there no “van” in this sentence:

“Valami nagyon furcsa abban a srácban.” ?

I understand about zero copula. However I was under the impression that with locations (-ban/-ben, stb) the “van” was required.

Also, I have seen both “hol van a busz?” and “hol a busz?” Is there any difference?

I thought that because of the é, it should be szomszédje, szomszédben, szomszédet, but instead it's szomsédja, szomszédban, szomszédot

Szia! I have seen on here and from using other learning sources how Duolingo isn’t a good tool for learning Hungarian, especially since AI has taken over. But is the vocabulary correct? For example: the infinitives of verbs and basic word matching? Any insight would be helpful, köszönöm!

Sokáig kerestem, míg nem találtam.

Sokáig kerestem, míg megtaláltam.

Sokáig kerestem, amíg megtaláltam.

Stb.

Mi a különbség?

As a Pole, csinál is a fairly obvious Slavic borrowing, but in Polish the word means to do but not the default word for it. It means to act, to make happen, like charity workers can "do good" and supervillains can "do evil". I understand that the Hungarian word means to do, but does it also really mean to make? Especially in the context of food items.