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Category: Hungarian

  • [Hungarian] Coverbs: When to Separate

    Coverbs can be confusing, especially when there are certain situations where you move them and others where you keep them with the verb. I’ve explained a bit in previous posts when the topic comes up, but I thought it would be helpful to compile a specific post about when to…

  • [Hungarian] Subjunctive Tense: Usage

    HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)Past (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional Tense: UsageSubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)※ Subjunctive Tense: Usage – YOU ARE HEREImperative Tense: Usage Many languages have a subjunctive tense, and it tends to be the one that most learners (including me) struggle with. This is because there…

  • [Hungarian] Imperative Tense: Usage

    HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)Past (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional Tense: UsageSubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)Subjunctive Tense: Usage※ Imperative Tense: Usage – YOU ARE HERE As mentioned previously, the subjunctive and imperative tenses are conjugated the same. In this post I will be going over just the imperative version…

  • [Hungarian] Subjunctive/Imperative: Conjugation

    HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)Past (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional Tense: Usage※ Subjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite) – YOU ARE HERESubjunctive Tense: UsageImperative Tense: Usage Both the Subjunctive and the Imperative conjugate the same way, so I will only be doing one set of charts. I will be going…

  • [Hungarian] Time: Days, Months, Seasons

    Days of the Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday hétfő kedd szerda csütörtök péntek szombat vasárnap To express time on a specific day, we use the superessive case (-(o/ö/e)n). Revisit vowel harmony if you aren’t sure which version of this suffix to add. Note: “vasárnap” does NOT take…

  • [Hungarian] Time Expressions with Postpositions

    Note: This is not a post on how to tell time in Hungarian. That will be covered in a separate entry. Expressions of time vary in the way they are formed in Hungarian. Some use cases, others take postpositions, and some don’t take anything at all. Post-positions are something we…

  • [Hungarian] Conditional Tense: How to Use

    HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)Past (Definite & Indefinite)Conditional (Definite & Indefinite)※ Conditional Tense: Usage – YOU ARE HERESubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)Subjunctive Tense: UsageImperative Tense: Usage Posts to Review First: Conditional Tense – Conjugation Past Tense – Conjugation If you aren’t familiar with the technical terms, the conditional tense is…

  • [Hungarian] Ordinal Numbers

    Last post I went over regular (or ‘cardinal’) numbers in Hungarian. This time I will be explaining ordinal numbers, which are essentially used to specify something’s position in an order. In English this would be ‘first, second, third, fourth…’ and so on. It might look complicated at first, but essentially…

  • [Hungarian] Numbers

    I will admit that numbers and counting are one of my least favorite things to learn in a language, and if you see the way French counts from 70 on then you’ll understand why. Hungarian numbers (thankfully) are not so complicated, and the way they form is fairly logical. Important:…

  • [Hungarian] Conditional Tense (Conjugation)

    HUNGARIAN VERB TENSES Present (Definite)Present (Indefinite)Past (Definite & Indefinite) ※ Conditional (Definite & Indefinite) – YOU ARE HEREConditional Tense: UsageSubjunctive/Imperative (Definite & Indefinite)Subjunctive Tense: UsageImperative Tense: Usage Posts to Review First: Vowel HarmonyVerbs: Definite vs IndefiniteDefinite VerbsIndefinite Verbs Conjugation (Definite) Back Vowel Front Vowel én -nám -ném mi -nánk -nénk…