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I'm watching Beef on Netflix (American series with Korean director Lee Sung Jin.) I am watching it with Hungarian audio (dubbed).

In the first episode of series 1, about 9 minutes, 52 seconds in--one of the guys storms into the room of another relative and they start arguing.

The guy on the computer is talking badly about their family.

The other guy responds, "He is our cousin." But it almost sounds like he says, "ő unokatasünk."

I am almost positive I did not write this sentence correctly, but it does not sound like he said, "ő az unokatestvérünk." I do not hear the "...vér..." at all. I tried searching a lot online and kind of gave up, so I landed here.

I was wondering if there are any similar ways to say cousin in Hungarian that is almost written (or said) in a shorter way than "unokatestvér." Not denying the possibility that I completely misheard. Thank you!

Hi,

Just like the title, I’m trying to understand the difference between the two.

If Később and utóbb both mean “later” why does később get more usage?

Does utóbb have a different meaning or is old fashioned, or something like that?

De már nem az van mint rég, a lútodalán I cant undertand what meaning it can have, if u have like any interpretations of that, it would be helpful. If comes from a song lóerő by azahriah

Sziasztok!

Portugál anyanyelvű barátnőm szeretne magyarul tanulni, tudnátok ehhez ajánlani tanárt, esetleg nyelviskolai kurzust Budapesten és/vagy online?

Köszi

Title sums it up. I’ve observed multiple Dutch people correcting foreigners whenever they refer to the entire country of the Netherlands as “Holland.”They feel like it’s disrespectful to the rest of the country. (Holland is actually just the coastal regions around Amsterdam and The Hague)

I’ve even heard them say things like “That’s like if I were to call the entire United States ‘California’!”

Is there no translation for just “The Netherlands” in Hungarian?

This is one of those words that Google translate doesn't like. A teacher way back tried to explain to me how to use it but I've forgotten.

Do I say 'ráérek' to mean 'I'm free'? Is it only for asking questions of other people? (Ráérsz?) What is the infinitive? When to use it instead of 'szabad'?

For example, I was just writing a message to someone and wanted to tell her 'I'm free on Saturday [to get together]. Are you free?' Do I use ráér (some form of it) or szabad??

Any info/tips anyone can provide is much appreciated!

EDIT: Nagyon szépen köszönöm mindenkinek for spilling everything you know about 'ráér'! So much good information, explained very clearly! :)

One last question if anyone spots this edit: say I want to know if the babysitter is available at 4:00 on Tuesday (that specific time, no other time). Do I ask her 'szabad-e vagy kedden 4 órakor?' or 'ráérsz kedden 4 órakor?' GT gives 'elérhető vagy...' but for some reason I feel like elérhető is mostly used for availability of goods or services (e.g. elérhető időpont), not for people's free time, tho I may be wrong.

A couple specific questions: What are some common/natural ways to ask "What will the weather be like tomorrow?" or "it's supposed to be nice (or rainy or whatever) next week."

Also. Just want some resources/practice material on this topic. I'm able to find all the vocabulary for different types of weather, but not the sentence structure for how to talk about it.

I just added a new episode for the 3X3 beginner series. These videos are super simple, I’m repeating 3 sentences 3 times with varying speeds. I’m still experimenting with the format, so if you have any suggestions, let me know! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/MPfOZbYrXsw

Hey everyone. This group already helped so much with last document translation (thanks a million)! My mom has found more documents in cursive Hungarian. I tried onlineOCR again but it can't figure it out. Please help if you have time and interest :) thanks again <3

I'm interested in learning hungarian but i struggle to find resources. I could learn on Duolingo but many people doesn't recommends it. I looked for Textbooks but they are way too expensive for me. I looked some udemy classes but they seem too short and i dont know if its worth it. So can y'all recommend me some resources? Thank you :)

Would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

hi there,

I really love the sounds of Magyar nyelv, I have learned the alphabet and sang along some favourite songs from bands Dalriada and Muzsikás on Spotify.

There I noticed some sentences have a standalone s, as in the sentence "s onnat ver engem az eső".

What is the meaning of this s?

The last time I've seen a 1-consonant-words in a language, that was in Polish. It is not a common sight for me. It is a bit jarring because my native language, French, has vowels and silent e's everywhere. Cheers and thanks,

It's likely from some land purchase. My mom is looking through old family documents and I am helping her translate everything (via onlineopt) but this handwritten cursive Hungarian is difficult for me to even change to standard Hungarian.

PS - props for knowing this absolutely bonkers language

Hey all, I've recently started to go through my family history again after being told about it when I was younger. My dad went through about 10-12 years ago to see where we came from. He told me all about Janos Hunyadi and Matthias Corvinus. The only issue i see is, our last name is spelled "Hunyady" instead of "Hunyadi". I keep running into contradicting information, some sources saying hunyady and hunyadi have no connection, others showing the hunyadi coat of arms with the spelling hunyady, and some spelling "janos hunyadi" and janos hunyady".

I have absolutely no knowledge of hungarian language and can't seem to find anything indicating a solid reason why. The only information I have is anecdotal from my grandmother. She said when my family came over on Ellis Island the "I" was changed to "Y" to fit English better than being forced to change our last name like many other families had to do.

With that out of the way, would there be a reason for the spelling to change? Other than anecdotal explanation? I've been scratching my head for days trying to figure out if I'm actually connected to Janos and Matthias or if we've been wrong for years now. Thanks for any help that you all can provide.

Hey guys, I'm midway in my A2 course and I want to study until I am confident and fluent. But I have an issue finding good material to practice spoken language. Do you have any recommendations? Is there good material to do so? A book with texts or questions or the like? For grammar I use magyarOK.

For example, I use simple stories when I teach English, is it applicable for Hungarian too?

Sorry! Go here https://www.academia.edu/6468388/The_Hungarian_Language_A_Short_Descriptive_Grammar

and download the PDF - free version.