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…

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

Ez egy = this is a... ajtó, kilincs, kulcs, zár, lábtörlő Pálinkát hoztál? = have you brought pálinka?      @hunpron #hungarian #magyar #words #hunpron #pálinka #door #key #language ♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation

A follower asked me to explain how we say "I'm sorry".  There are several ways of saying "I'm sorry", but now we'll talk about three.  1. Bocsánatot kérek Bocsánat is something like "forgiveness", so this sentence means "I am asking for forgiveness". It is very common only to say bocsánat,…

Hát, which is similar to well in English is a commonly used word in Hungarian. It belongs to the word family called discourse markers. Although its use is often stigmatized, it is an essential component of spoken language since it effectively expresses the attitudes or feelings of the speaker…

sötét = dark Este sötét van = It's dark in the evening Éjszaka sötét van = it's dark in the night You can also say éjjel instead of éjszaka, it's the same.  @hunpron #dark #evening #night #hungary #hungarian #magyar ♬ original sound - Hungarian Pronunciation