kaptár = hive művelődési központ művelni = to cultivate művelődés = "self-cultivation" = reading, attending cultural events etc. központ = centre művelődési központ = cultural centre Observe the -i suffix, it makes an adjective of the noun. If you want to say in Kaptár, it is a Kaptárban.…

főbejárat = main entrance fő- means main, chief, head, main, principal, first... in structures, which express that something or somebody is in a higher position.  Examples:  főorvos = chief physician főmérnök = first engineer főigazgató = director-general (note that we also have…

"Because of" is miatt in Hungarian. It should be noted that miatt is a postposition, which means that it is placed after the word it governs. In the Hungarian language, we have a lot of postpositions.  Let's see a few examples: a rossz idő miatt = because of the bad weather a rossz idő miatt…

Megyek dolgozni Megyek is "I'm going", but also "I go", because we don't have a continuous tense. Dolgozni is "to work". Note that this is not derived from the Hungarian equivalent of "work" - it's munka.   @hunpron #work #hungary #magyar #language #hungarian ♬ original sound - Hungarian…

hétfő = Monday   @hunpron #language #magyar #hungarian #hungary #cartoon #car #house #phone #watch #vocabulary ♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation  

egyetérteni = to agree We don't have an auxiliary verb equivalent to "do" in English, therefore questions and negative structures are formed in a different way.  When we want to ask the other person if they agree or not, we simply conjugate the verb and use an interrogative intonation. If it's a…

In a previous video, we discussed that one form of introduction is the ... vagyok structure, where ... is your name. This simply means "I am ...".  The same structure can be used to express your feelings, emotions etc. For example, you may want to say "I'm happy", this will be boldog…

kutya = dog fekete macska = black cat tehén = cow kecske = goat disznó / sertés = pig három szamár/csacsi = three donkeys   @hunpron #magyar #hungary #hungarian #dog #cat #cow #horse #goat #donkey #pig #vocabulary ♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation

A follower asked me to explain how to say "I live", "I will live" and "I have lived" in Budapest.  First, we use the verb élni, which means "to live".  1. I live in Budapest The first person singular form of this verb is élek (I live). "In Budapest" is Budapesten. Here we use the -on/en/ön…

When you have finished your meal in a restaurant, and you want to pay, you say "he bill, please" in English. Although it is possible to say this in Hungarian too, we normally say the Hungarian equivalent of "excuse me, I'd like to pay". Let's see these words. elnézést = ecxuse me fizetni = to…