A customer of mine is trying to find out about his family history and has come across letters and documents written in Hungarian. We are struggling to translate it and was wondering if anyone would be ever so kind to do this for him? We have managed to do newer translations that have been typed but are struggling with written text.

Will add photos in the comments

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thank you

Hey everyone!

Asking a question about one of my all time favorite Hungarian bands.

I know the first half of this song is a traditional tune called Gyertek Fiúk menjünk a kocsmába, but halfway (about 3 minutes), there are more lyrics that seem to be from a different song. Anyone know the lyrics for the second song or what its name may be? Or, is it even Hungarian?

It starts with what sounds like "Ayten Lale..."

Thanks!

When watching Netflix, if I turn on Hungarian subtitles, they pretty closely mimic the English word order. If I change the language to Hungarian, the spoken language is a much more natural spoken Hungarian (so word order is very different) and the Hungarian subtitles do not match the spoken Hungarian. My question then, is should I listen in Hungarian (and read the English subtitles?) or as someone that is still learning and can follow maybe half the spoken, should I listen in English and read the Hungarian ? Does it even matter??

Hi all,

I am a Hungarian language teacher working on a new approach. I teach lessons in person, 1 on 1, and would be looking for one or two volunteers to be "guinea pigs".

In a nutshell, I am building a system that keeps track of the student's progress broken down to every vocabulary and grammar item. My goal is to keep the student's motivation alive by showing them, week after week, month after month, their progress in real numbers and percentages.

So, ideally, I would need two students who are willing to give this a go.

What you get: a free Hungarian lesson per week.

What I get: working material to succesfully develop my system.

We can meet weekly, ideally in central Budapest.

Feel free to contact me if you have more questions.

Alex

Fill in the blank exercise were Made by Gemini, are my answers correct? My answered are in handwriting. I will post pictures.

Hello everyone! My great grandmother was Hungarian and my Papa, her son, recently died over the summer. Looking through all of Papa’s old things we have found some Hungarian writing from his mother. Papa was the last one to know the language, and I wonder if anyone could help translate this for my family!

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There's this word my family uses that was introduced by my Hungarian grandfather, so I'm fairly certain it's Hungarian. I don't know how it's spelled but if I go by pronounciation it should be along the lines of "Balászcocó". It is the name of a kind of poltergeist or scapegoat, so if some small but annoying thing like for example soup stains on the wall are discovered at home and nobody admits to be responsible for it, we just say "The Balászcocó did it!"

I can't find anything about it on the internet and unfortunately I can't ask my grandfather about it anymore. So I'm curious if anyone is familiar with it or if it's just a creation of my Nagypapa. And in any case, can this name be translated literally in some way? Köszi!

Hello everyone!

I'm writing to ask if anyone has any recommendations for learning Hungarian from essentially 0 (apart from a few random phrases and words) to an intermediate level (around high B1 maybe B2), I'm open to youtube videos/online courses/apps etc.

My mother's side of the family is Hungarian, and many of them do not share any languages with me, so I would really like to make the effort to learn Hungarian. My aim isn't really to become totally fluent, but I'd like to be able to comfortably have simple conversations, discuss the events of my life, talk about family etc. So nothing super complicated, I'm not aiming for crazy intellectual discussions.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Köszönöm!

Edit: I'm planning to get speaking practice/some feedback with my mother (B2 level) and my bestfriend and grandmother (both native)

Two types of lessons, AI and non-AI.

1. Non-AI are +3000 of the most common Hungarian words to be learned.
   
2. AI lessons are based on translating sentences from Hungarian to English (or Serbian) with pronunciation

I've been trying to nail this since February. Please check it out and give me honest feedback!

Link: https://www.pricajmadjarski.com/en

There is a paid version, just to be clear!

I'm learning the definite present tense, and the word "halljátok" came up in my deck. The robot voice pronounces it in a way that sounds more like "hajátok" to me. Wiktionary also gives this pronunciation in IPA ([ˈhɒjːaːtok]). (Edit: This IPA would actually map to "hajjátok", I misread it at first.)

Is there a rule that LJ gets pronounced like LY (which I know sounds like J)? Is the double L relevant here? Is it just this one word that has this? Or is this not a thing at all and something I'm reading too much into? ^^;

Hello, as I noticed many people on this subreddit are learning Hungarian. I'm a Hungarian as a foreign language teacher trainee and I would love to gain more experience in teaching Hungarian. I'm not offering paid classes (yet) as I'm not experienced enough, but I'm offering free practice sessions for now (vocabulary building, conversation practice, practicing grammar). If you'd like to teach me the basics of your language in return, I would love to learn from you all, but it's optional.

The sessions would be online in a video or voice call.

I'm mostly free on Mondays and weekends nowadays.

Please send me a dm if you're interested and tell me your level of Hungarian and your native language as well.

I speak English fluently and I also know some basic Spanish.

Thanks!! :)

Elég nyitottnak képzelem magam, ha a nyelv változásáról van szó, de amikor egyes angol szavakhoz hasonló hangzású magyar szavakat használnak az emberek az angol jelentéssel, az valamiért mégis bosszant. Jobban, mint amikor angol szavakat használnak magyar szövegben. Az gyakran inkább tűnik a kultúrák határai ütközésének, és időnként tényleg kifejezőbb egy angol szó egy adott helyzetben. Máskor meg tényleg állhatott volna ott egy teljesen alkalmas magyar szó.

Most viszont olyanokra gondolok, mint a masszív (ami nem massive, azaz nagy, hanem szilárd, erős) meg a patetikus (ami nem pathetic, azaz szánalmas, hanem fennkölt), vagy az utóbbi időben a realizál (ami nem realize, azaz felismer, hanem megvalósít). Nektek mi a véleményetek ezekről? Vajon kibővül ezekkel a szavak jelentése, netán kiszorítják a régit, vagy csak múló divat?

the english translation is "where is the big ship sailing" but "hol" is used for stationary things. if you wanna ask where is the ship sailing shouldn't you then use "hova" instead?

Hello Reddit,

My partner and I are very casually starting to learn Hungarian. One place we discovered would be great to start today is social situations where I (being autistic) want to say things just to him! Here is an example list:

We need to leave
I feel complete/done here
I’m hungry
(I want a) dessert bite
I want a snack
I’m thirsty
Do they have fun drinks?
They seem cool
They seem annoying
What a bitch
What a sweetie
they look just like [and then I insert a really obscure and spot on comparison to someone we know] (this one happens a lot
That’s embarrassinag
Please stop talking /about that
Oh god
Yikes
I love you!!
I’m gonna go hide somewhere for a bit

So yeah any suggestions on how to most accurately convey those things I would loooove. I’m too early on to discern whether Google Translate is giving me the most appropriate responses for what I’m after

Hi! I’m Hungarian, and I’m looking for someone who would be interested in practicing Hungarian through writing, while also being able to write in Korean. We could help each other learn and practice our respective languages.

I am at some intermediate level (not sure which exactly) and am looking for a good and affordable online course. what is your favorite one?

Jó nepot kivánok! 

Hello Hungarian learners in Phoenix and outside it.

The Hungarian Cultural Association here in Phoenix, AZ runs classes several times a year at beginner and above levels.  1-2 more people are necessary for the class I signed up for ( level: beginner and above.  ). Right now only one other person is signed up!  Classes are held online at 5 pm MST ( same as California time until we change the clicks again again) on Wednesday or Thursdays for 14 weeks beginning October 7, 2026.  The cost is a little under $ 300( US)  .  Member get a small discount.  If you think you might be interested, please go to the website and look for the words " Language Classes"    The website says that students all over the world are welcome.

I went to their Phoenix Hungarian festival during the winter.  Everyone there  was friendly and willing to let me use my halting Magyarl!  I have been waiting to start this class since then ( while studying in my own , but now I believe it when I read that in the case of Hungarian, I at least , really need a teacher!)  

https://hcaphoenix.org

https://hcaphoenix.org/language-learning/

I will be just a student. I gain no financial benefit from your participation. ( I am just hoping the class doesn't get cancelled so I can take it !)

It's from a marriage registry of my grandparents. I think it indicates their birthdate and location

I think i have hit that infamous wall. I got to the point, where i dont see any progress for long months. Does anyone experience the same, or maybe managed to break through and can share some tips, sources?

Podcast for Hungarian learners: already on YouTube!:) You can listen to stories, interesting and useful topics in Hungarian here too!

https://www.youtube.com/@rackapod

You can also find it on Spotify, and on Apple Podcasts:

https://open.spotify.com/show/033PpWcxxzhhK9zwXf0UYW?si=51e0c6eabc574fbc

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rackapod-podcast-for-hungarian-learners/id6796426108

New episode every week, check out the latests!

Jó hallgatást!:)

Hello! Apologies, I do not speak any Hungarian. I am a high school literature teacher in the US. My class is currently reading Abigail by Magda Szabó. My students are really enjoying the book, and we’d all like to make sure we are pronouncing names correctly while reading and discussing. Could anyone help guide me on the Hungarian pronunciation for these places and characters?

- Matula (the school)
- Mari Kis
- Torma
- Kőnig
- Kalmár
- Mitsi Horn

Thank you so much for any help!

The live caption that can be found in the accessibility settings of most browsers or computers does not have a large range of languages, so Hungarian isn't available. Are there any extensions/apps/etc that can go live captioning in Hungarian, not translating Hungarian audio into a different language or vis versa, just something that can transcribe Hungarian audio for videos that don't have closed captions. I hope this is the correct sub to post in, but forgive me if not.