Category: Hungarian
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[Hungarian] Interrogative and Relative Pronouns: Basic
At its core, this concept is simple, but there is quite a lot to go over. To (hopefully) avoid overwhelming anyone new to this concept, I’ll be splitting this into 3 posts again. This first post will go over the common, basic pronouns that you will encounter most regularly. The…
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[Hungarian] Literary/Formal Conjunctions
This is the third and last post in a 3-part explanation of different conjunctions in Hungarian. This particular one will focus on more literary or formal conjunctions, some of which are used in common speech and others that you will more often see in literature. You can read my post about connecting/contrasting/comparing…
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[Translation +vocab] A titkod nem leszek – Rácz Gergő
Hát itt vagyok, kicsit beszaladokMiért nézel így, mi a bajod?Olyan furcsa vagy, mi a bajodHogy a levegő megfagyott? Well here I am, I’ll pop in for a bitWhy are you looking (at me) like that, what’s your deal?You’re (acting) so strange, what’s your deal?Why did the air get so cold?…
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[Hungarian] Conjunctions: Explanatory
This is the second post in a 3-part explanation of different conjunctions in Hungarian. This particular one will focus on explanatory conjunctions. You can read my post about connecting/contrasting/comparing conjunctions here. mert: BECAUSE Mert will always come at the beginning of a subsequent clause (you can’t place it at the beginning of…
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[Translation +vocab] Ősz utca – Szakács Gergő
Next up is a translation from one of my favorite Hungarian artists. I’ve enjoyed all of his songs and I’m very fond of the lyrics. Ősz utca (Autumn Road) – Szakács Gergő my full translation is also available on lyricstranslate 🙂 Végül nem jöttélNincs már közös út ezutánA legmélyén hagytálElzár…
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[Translation +vocab] Tűz – Bencsik Tamara
So I know I’ve posted some translations I’ve done before, and I was thinking about adding more that I’ve done and including a vocabulary list with them. This would be for advanced beginner or intermediate+ learners who already have a decent grasp of basic grammar. I have personally advanced a…
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[Hungarian] Postpositions with Cases
Certain postpositions require the relative object to take a specific case. This is not necessarily a comprehensive list, but I’ll be going over some of these and showing how they work. Át OR Keresztül – across, throughTakes: superessive case -(o/e/ö)n Szeretnék utazni a világon át/keresztül (I would like to travel…
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[Hungarian] Postpositions of Location
Postpositions of location are basically what they sound like – postpositions that refer to direction or placement. This direction/location can be either toward/away from something, or static (no movement). They decline similar to the locative cases. Note that each version of these (static, toward, away) can take a possessive suffix,…