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  • [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] 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…

  • [Hungarian] ‘van’ – To Be

    Previously I posted about using ‘van’ to mean ‘have’. Now I will be going over its use as a verb meaning ‘to be’. The initial concept is simple, but as with everything there are some nuances and situational exceptions that will also need to be explained. General Use & Conjugation…

  • [Hungarian] Articles

    Vous pouvez trouver la version française de cette leçon ici. If you don’t know already, articles are used to specify whether a noun is specific or general (you could also think of it as definite vs indefinite). In English, we have “the” (definite) and “a/an” (indefinite). It’s just as simple…

  • [Hungarian] ‘van’ – To Have

    Hungarian does not have a unique verb that equates to ‘have’ in English (in regards to possessing/owning something), so they use a combination of the dative case, possessive suffixes, and the verb ‘van’ (to be). It might sound complicated, but I will try to break it down simply enough here.…

  • [Hungarian] Personal Pronouns (basic, reflexive, possessive)

    Vous pouvez trouver la version française de cette leçon ici. In this post, we will be covering personal pronouns in Hungarian, including informal and formal (polite) manners of address. Basic Pronouns Pronouns English Reflexive Pronouns English én I magam myself te you (informal singular) magad yourself (informal singular) mi we…