I recently learned, for example, that in other countries, people don't applaud at the end of a play in the theatre the way we Hungarians do. There is a "choreography" to the applause: first, it is slow, then it gets faster and faster, then we change tempo, then we stop. Then we start again. It's hard to explain, but if you go to any theatre, you will experience it. We always take off our shoes when we get home, and sometimes we give slippers when we have a guest, but this is also the custom in other European countries. What have you noticed?

Or tedd vissza?

Fogunk egy nagy és erös halat. (Correct answer according to duolingo: We catch a big and strong fish)

If the verb could be in 1) present, 2) future and 3) present continuous, how can I differentiate the tense without more context in this sentence? or do you just assume it’s present simple if no context given?

Sziasztok,I would like to know something about the Hungarian alphabet handwriting

When writing the Hungarian words,are those small letters must be connected?when I learned English reading and writing in the school, Didn't learn that letters continuous writing part ,so I always write letters uncontinuons including when I write Hungarian letters now,and I realize the Hungarian people's handwriting is so hard for me to read due to the continuous writing😅

Have a nice Monday!

Out of general curiosity. I hear a lot from English speakers about how hard Hungarian is, but not the other way around.

Inspired by the topic about "igen" ;) I'm especially curious about the colloquial forms/exclamations. Can be some longer phrases such "szó sem lehet róla" (even if they're obviously pretty distance counterparts).

I've been wondering about this for years. All resources I read, including Wikipedia and Wiktionary say that ő is just a long ö.

I'm from Szabolcs and I don't think at all that this is the case. Does it depend on the dialect? My mouth is rounder vertically when saying ő and the pitch kind of falls at the end, intentionally pronouncing it as a long ö makes it sound weird. Same with o-ó.

My mother and I got Hungarian citizenships by simplified naturalization, due to our ancestry and living in a region that used to be under Austria-Hungary.

My mother does speak Hungarian, but I don’t. I got the citizenship without any problems because I was under the age where you’re required to know the language. Later I also renewed my passport without speaking the language.

Now that I’m an adult, could my citizenship be revoked because I can’t speak Hungarian?

Sziasztok mindenkinek!

I'm looking for some songs or bands in Hungarian to listen to. I've recently began learning the language after a long time planning to do so, so I think a good first step is to begin consuming some media in the language. I'd like to listen to some of your favorite choices and give them a quick snoop.

I don't have a personal choice when it comes to genres but I usually listen to more "old-time-ish" music in my free time, so to say. Things like rock (of any kind) or folk.

If you want you can just drop any songs you find decent or good enough as long as they're in Hungarian.

Thank you so much. Köszönöm szépen!

Hi guys, I’m a Hungarian who’s lived in England for a while now. I’m wondering how dirty talk sounds in Hungarian? I can think of a few things to say but they all sound very very vulgar to me? Specifically the phrase ‘I wanna fuck you so bad’ sounds just straight up like a douchebag thing to say if I say it like ‘annyira meg akarlak baszni’. Is there a more nice way to say it, or am I just misjudging the phrase because I don’t hear it said in Hungarian enough. I’m not sure if people understand what I’m trying to say, basically to me ‘I wanna fuck you so bad’ can sound sexy/romantic in English, but in Hungarian it sounds way too aggressive. Might be just me though.

Edit: Sorry, since when have people become illiterate? The first thing I mention in my post is how I’m Hungarian, insinuating that I have a good understanding of the culture and language. Why are people twisting my words to make it seem like I’d go up to some stranger and say I wanna fuck them? Where did that come from? Please have some common sense and stop projecting. It doesn’t take an Einstein to know that in any language, that isn’t appropriate. This is obviously with a partner, and to assume otherwise speaks more about you to be honest.

I read some simplified explanation of what the difference between “itthon” and “otthon” is on here, but I was wondering if using itthon here would still be possible if say: granny shuts the front door, turns around to the whole family who are now apparently trapped inside granny’s house and grins to them menacingly “Senki sem megy sehova, itthon töltjük az ünnepeket!”?

Köszi

Egy beadandóhoz kérném a segítségeteket. A "Szép napot!" elvileg angolból került át, ezért nem annyira régi kifejezés a magyar nyelvben, mint a "Jó napot!". Ti hogy látjátok? (Teljesen laikus véleményt szeretnék, szóval nem gond, ha nem értesz a nyelvészethez.)

Mostly aiming the question towards foreign learners of the language? Interested in your input.

Mondjunk, 1989 óta.

Cane someone translate this for me? Thank you for your help.

Or would my original input be correct here instead? Köszi.

I thought "az" means both "that" as well as "the", so I don't understand why I need to use "az" two times here?