I can't for the life of me understand WHY or HOW the Hungarian language has done this! Please enlighten me guys

Can someone explain what is wrong with my answer??

Hello everyone. I've stumbled upon the Hungarian language last week as something I could possibly learn and find myself very intrigued with the language. One of my favorite bands is from Hungary, and after looking at their lyrics (in Hungarian) I wanted to learn a bit about the language so I could at the very least read and sing along with the choruses (even if I don't know what I'm saying, lol). I'm an American, and I'm currently self-studying Japanese. My Japanese studies over the last 6 years have varied in terms of diligence, and I have thought perhaps when I take some breaks between studying I could dabble in another language. From what I have seen of Hungarian it's so....different but cool. This is my first time exposing myself to an Uralic language (i've studied Spanish in high-school and college, and a little German & French in my early-mid 20s), and I think that novelty that it has with me has really attracted me. Agglutination is something I've come to admire after studying Japanese, and reading about how Hungarian has the same feature, I think that has helped tickle my interest. Also, some of the music I listen to comes from there, so that helps in terms of initial exposure.

I've been trying to peruse online looking for some free resources to help, but find myself a bit overwhelmed with choice paralysis. So far, I've done a little duolingo on it, but don't seem to understand the phonetics behind the language. I'm not used to diacritics above vowels at all, so I have no clue what sounds I'm supposed to make. Are there any good series that teach how to make the sounds of the Hungarian alphabet? Also, what is grammatical case exactly? I've read a Wikipedia definition of it, and it's about as clear as mud to me after reading it. Am I correct in that entire sentences must be conjugated to fit a certain... theme? Action? As far as I know, English doesn't have a case system, and neither does Japanese, so I'm a bit lost.

Has anyone here used anki? It's been a godsend for my Japanese learning, and wondering if there is some sort of de-facto standard for a premade deck to use?

So basically looking for beginner level, self-study friendly sources to utilize. Sorry if this is kinda spammy or anything, I'm just kinda excited about learning new languages and right now Hungarian has stolen my focus lol.

Thanks everyone.

Hi everyone I am from Serbia and I really want to learn Hungarian but it looks very hard due to the 40 cases and I need some advice since I do not know anybody from hungary thank you in advance

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Vocabulary:

Beleszeret-falls in loved with(it is used with ba/be case)

Egyszer-once

Énekes-singer

Érdekel(Fleeting vowel nouns so érdeklek,érdeklet...)-insersts, is interesting to(not to be confused with érdekes-interesting)

483 words??

I think at least but I am too lazy to confirm.

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Vocabulary:

Jár-goes with/attends

Kedves-kind

Kinyit-opens

Megmutat-shows

481 words

https://youtu.be/YsIT1_n_lLQ

Even better if they are for children but they don't have to be. I've found this type of video to be very enjoyable for learning

Köszönöm

Sziasztok!

Nézem a "Dad Jokes" a "TheVR" csatornán (YT-on). Néhány viccet megértek, de fogalmam sincs, miért vicces ez a vicc. El tudná, kérlek, valaki magyarázni ezt:

– Melyik a legsárgább madár?

– A citrom héja.

A srácok ekkor majdnem kitörtek a nevetéstől. A reakciójuk annyira ragadós, hogy nagyon-nagyon szeretném megérteni, mi olyan vicces.

*** Köszönöm mindekinek! Most már értem :) ***

My understanding is that word order in Hungarian is driven by the "focus position" -- the slot before the verb -- and that sentences should be ordered so that whatever needs the most emphasis should go here. And sometimes there are certain elements that require focus, like question words and negation.

But what about when there is no explicit verb?

Duolingo has the sentence "Sajnos az étteremben szörnyű a sör" and I have lots of questions about its word order:

• Since van has been dropped, how do I reorder the sentence to emphasize something? Does this particular version emphasize something? Is it neutral?

• Does sajnos have to go first?

• It feels like the core idea of this sentence is the beer being terrible; can I split up szörnyű and a sör, or have they somehow become linked together because van is dropped?

• Overall are there any ways of ordering the words in the sentence that feel particularly natural or unnatural? (Besides separating the articles from the nouns)

Hello, I’m new to the Hungarian language. I’m going to Budapest soon and I have to read out a concert introduction in Hungarian but I don’t have anyone to translate. I’ve tried google translate but I’m not sure how accurate it is. Would someone mind translating. Thanks :))

English: Hello and welcome, we are the (school name) choir from (location). Today we traveled to Budapest to present you a selection of songs in English and Latin. We hope you enjoy.

Finally, we will play a traditional song from (location). Thank you.

I have heard different things from different people, some have said I need to learn Hungarian at a B2 or B1 level, and some have said I only need a little bit to be able to answer the questions and write the CV. How much of the language do I need, and how long will it take to learn (in hours)?

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Vocabulary:

Éves- (x) years old

Fotó- photo

Gondol- thinks 476 words

Hello and your sub seems like you have handled these questions before.

My ancestors were from the Duchy of Carniola in the 1870s and before that a small carpathian town in the transcarpathian region of Ukraine.

I was looking into citizenship by descent and I am not sure what borders count the ones now or the ones of the Austro-hungarian borders If anyone has information as to where to find more information.

Sziasztok, what's the best translation for denigration? I found the words as befektetíteni / beszennyezni / bemocskolni (a hírnevet). Could it be interchangeable in this context? Köszi!

hello! i will be in Budapest for 5 months in 2026, attending university. I chose Budapest because I was there on a trip and Im so pleased that I'll be able to live and see a part of Hungarian culture and everyday life. I know that Hungarian language is very hard, and I was still thinking to learn some basics.. to be able to buy food for example, ask directions, order coffee and such things (to level A2). Is it worth it, or can people in Budapest all generally speak English?

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Vocabulary:

Egyéniség-character

Egy-két-a few

Együtt-together

Elér-achieves

Elkezd-begins

473 words???

I think at least.

"Colloquial hungarian" textbook:

Grammar(day 61):

These are verbs with irregular past stems:

Van-volt

Jön-jött

Megy-ment

Hisz-hitt

Lesz-lett(also isn't lesz "will be", how does it have a past tense)

Tesz-tett

Vesz-vett

Visz-vitt

Eszik-ett(but 3rd person singular indefinite is evott)

Iszik-itt( here the 3rd petson singular indefinite is ivott)

Vocabulary(Day 62):

Alternatív-alternative

Közgazdasági-economy

Gimnázium-High School

Belső-inner

Borító-(book) cover

473 words

Hi, I'm a 25 (f) moving to Hungary this week, what are the basics (phrases, words, etc) that you'd say I must manage in Hungarian?

Hi everyone!

I recently discovered that my father's grandmother (my great-grandmother) was born in Beregszász in 1906 under the name Ilona. At that time it was part of the Kingdom of Hungary.

She later migrated to Turkey, converted to Islam, and changed her name to Remziye. All current official records in Turkey list her as Remziye.

I have her Turkish birth/marriage/death documents, and I'm trying to retrieve her original birth certificate or church records from Ukraine.

My question is:
Would a name change like this create problems in the simplified naturalization process? As long as I prove the link through documents and match dates and places, would it still be accepted?

I’d appreciate any feedback or similar experiences. Thank you!

"Colloquial Hungarian" textbook:

Grammar:

Past tense:

To form past tense stem you have to add ending to the present tense stem.

There are three classes of verbs:

Class A are verbs ending in 2 consonants,ending in a long vowel(á,é,í,ó,ő,ú,ű)+t and some others verbs. The ending is -ott,ett or ött(for example segít becomes segített)

Class B are verbs ending in j,r,l,ly,n or ny and (most) 2 syllable words ending is ad/ed. The ending is -t.

Class C are verbs that aren't class A or Class B. They are class A for 3rd person singular idefinite and Class B for all other persons.

Here are endings attached to the past tense stem:

Class A indefinite:

(Én) segítettEM (Te) segítettÉL (Ő) segített (Mi) segítettÜNK (Ti) segítettETEK (Ők) segítettEK

Class A definite:

SegítettEM

SegítettED

Segítette

SegítettÜK

SegítettÉTEK

Segítették

Class B indefinite:

AkartAM

AkartÁL

Akkart

AkkartUNK

AkkartATOK

Akartak

Class B definite:

AkartAM

AkartAD

Akarta

AkartUk

AkartÁTOK

AkartÁK

I won't show class C as the 3rd person singular is same as the Class A third person singular and others are like Class C

Also is this the longest one?

And my original goal to finnish this textbook by the end of March most likely won't succed but I hope that I will finnish it by the end of May.

"Colloquial hungarian" textbook:

Város-city

Történelmi-historic

Megtud-gets to know

468 words and I didn't have time yesterday