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Hungarian has two types of verbs: Definite and Indefinite. This is probably one of the most difficult parts of the language for non-natives to grasp (unless your language does something similar). Don’t worry if you make mistakes here, because you will be understood regardless. Since I myself found this particular thing difficult at the beginning,
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I’ve found that verb conjugation in Hungarian is fairly simple. There are only 4 tenses (technically 5, but the imperative and subjunctive are conjugated the same), and there are only about 10 or so major verbs that are irregular and therefore don’t conjugate like the rest (there will be a separate post about those). The
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The causal-final case can be translated as “for“, in the sense of “for the purpose of” or “towards“. The case does not change depending on back-vowel or front-vowel words; it is always “ért“. One common word you see this is in is the word “miért” (why). It is mi (what) + ért (for) → essentially,
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As I just got married recently, I figured I would post some Hungarian vocab related to weddings! A huge thanks to my friend for providing me with the correct translations! Keep in mind some of these words don’t have direct Hungarian translations, so all we have is the closest equivalent. Click on the images to
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The instrumental case in Hungarian is quite simple. It is essentially used to mean “with“, and the two basic uses are to designate what you use to do something, or who you’re accompanying. FORMING THE INSTRUMENTAL There is a quirk to this case though. The above endings only apply if the word ends in a vowel
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These three all go together as cases of movement involving solids. They function like the other two groups we studied, but with solids instead of places or surfaces. Allative (-hoz/-hez/-höz) This, like -ba/-be and -ra/-re, means that something is moving. The difference is that -hoz/-hez/-höz is talking about moving something TOWARDS something, instead of inside of or onto. Where “a szekrénybe” means “into the wardrobe”, and “a szekrényre” means “onto the wardrobe”, “a
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These three all go together as cases of movement involving surfaces. They function like the Illative/Inessive/Elative, but with surfaces instead of places. Sublative (-ra/-re) This, like -ba/-be, means that something is moving. The difference between -ra/-re and -ba/-be is that -ra/-re is talking about moving something ONTO something, instead of inside of. Where “a szekrénybe” means “into the wardrobe”, “a szekrényRE” means
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I’m putting these three in the same post, because they are all cases of movement involving places. Specifically, going into places, being in places, and coming out of places. Illative (-ba/-be) The first thing to know about this one is that it means something is moving. There is a destination at the end, and you are going
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PDF download: here (mediafire) 1To say “juice”, you essentially put “lé” at the end of whatever kind of juice it is. For example, “fruit juice” would be “gyümölcslé” (gyümölcs – fruit ; lé – juice/liquid). 2szesz and szeszes ital are pretty formal, alkohol is a general term, and pia is slang 3soda water – also
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PDF file: here ☆ There are two different words for “food”. The first one, “étel” is the official, dictionary form. There is another common word that people use in everyday speech, which is “kaja” [ˈkɒjɒ]. There is also another verb to replace the standard “eszik” [ˈɛsik] (to eat), and that is “kajál” [ˈkɒjaːl]. ☆ Breakfast – Lunch – Dinner Reggeli [ˈrɛɡːɛli] →
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