Hungarian in everyday situations · Grammar review

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Hungarian in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

Egy éjszakára

Booking a room

A planned stay can be , , . A single room is , a double . asks with breakfast.

Requests use . The object is indefinite, so regular present is appropriate for a generic room. would mean a specified room.

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FormExampleMeaning
For one night.
From Sunday until Monday.
I would like to book a room.
I ask for a single room.
I ask for a double room.
I ask for it with breakfast.
  • Egy éjszakára.For one night.

  • Vasárnaptól hétfőig.From Sunday until Monday.

  • Szobát szeretnék foglalni.I would like to book a room.

  • Egyágyas szobát kérek.I ask for a single room.

  • Kétágyas szobát kérek.I ask for a double room.

  • Reggelivel kérem.I ask for it with breakfast.

Német vagyok, mérnök vagyok

A full interview introduction

and are the same for male and female learners. Workplaces can use . Personal description with first-person be must retain , unlike third-person noun predicates.

Duration can be . Reasons use : , . is about yourself, polite. is start, as in

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FormExampleMeaning
I am German.
I am an engineer.
I have lived here for ten years.
I came because of the job.
Tell me about yourself, politely.
When can you start?
  • Német vagyok.I am German.

  • Mérnök vagyok.I am an engineer.

  • Már tíz éve itt lakom.I have lived here for ten years.

  • A munka miatt jöttem.I came because of the job.

  • Meséljen magáról.Tell me about yourself, politely.

  • Mikor tud kezdeni?When can you start?

Senki sem, semmi

Invitations and negative words

Invite with familiar or polite. Accept and refuse . Suggest .

Negative words accompany negation: , , . Avoid treating the indefinite as a specified object that automatically requires a definite verb.

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FormExampleMeaning
Nobody can come.
Nobody can come.
I did not say anything.
Lili, come to dinner!
Ilona, come to dinner, politely.
I would be happy to come.
  • Senki nem tud jönni.Nobody can come.

  • Senki sem tud jönni.Nobody can come.

  • Nem mondtam semmit.I did not say anything.

  • Lili, gyere vacsorára!Lili, come to dinner!

  • Ilona néni, jöjjön vacsorára!Ilona, come to dinner, politely.

  • Szívesen jövök.I would be happy to come.

The invitation chunk means I invite you familiar plural. The ending -lak/-lek expresses an I subject with a you object: compare I invite you with you familiar plural invite. The complete invitation is practised as a chunk here.

Kié? Bencéé, Cirmié

Ownership and discoveries

Independent ownership can use -é: , , . Ask For an owned noun, use a possessor name plus the noun’s suffix: , .

Past discovery of a specified thing is definite: . A neutral negative moves the prefix: . For whom an object suits use , without invented gender agreement.

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FormExampleMeaning
Whose key is it?
The trumpet belongs to Bence.
The pen belongs to Tamás.
This is Bence’s trumpet.
I found the key.
I did not find the key.
  • Kié a kulcs?Whose key is it?

  • A trombita Bencéé.The trumpet belongs to Bence.

  • A toll Tamásé.The pen belongs to Tamás.

  • Ez Bence trombitája.This is Bence’s trumpet.

  • Megtaláltam a kulcsot.I found the key.

  • Nem találtam meg a kulcsot.I did not find the key.

Maradok

Decisions and putting it together

Stay uses . can announce a decision; add a time phrase for a clear plan. shows the prefix after a negative verb.

Combine simple reasons and conditions: , . Review definite/indefinite objects, possessed nouns, place suffixes, commands and past forms in the same familiar world.

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PersonMeaning
I — stay
you, familiar — stay
· he/she/you polite — stay
we — stay
you familiar plural — stay
· they/you polite plural — stay
  • Én maradok.I stay.

  • Te maradsz.You stay.

  • Ő marad.He/she stays.

  • Mi maradunk.We stay.

  • Ti maradtok.You stay, familiar plural.

  • Ők maradnak.They stay.

The final scene reviews listen, polite singular or third person in context, and everyone should listen. Learn I understand it and I decided as complete forms. The interview, Friday reply and Saturday party belong to one fictional June week; the later visit is in July.

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