P.S. I know I haven't been posting much and I'm behind on the Memrise course. But I promise I'll fix those issues as soon as I can!
Introductions
Remember that template we used to introduce ourselves? Let's expand it! The first part was a greeting, szia meaning hi or hello and jó napot meaning good day, good afternoon or a more formal version of hello. Now let's learn some more greetings!- Jó reggelt - Good morning
- Jó estét - Good evening*
- Szervusz - Hello
*Note that after jó napot, jó reggelt and jó estét are often followed by kívánok meaning I wish so you can say jó napot and jo napot kívánok.
Name
Ok, the next thing we learned was how to say your name. Another way to say My name is apart from vagyok is A nevem. For example: A nevem János. If you want to ask someone their name, just say Mi a neved?. Am I the only one who thinks it's funny that it's literally What the name?, sounds like their shocked or something. 😂
Occupation
In the next part, we learned how to say what our occupation was. Here is a list of occupations I got off Duolingo, sometimes there is a form used exclusively for males and another used for females. I put the feminine versions in pink and the masculine version in blue:
- Mérnök - Engineer/Surveyor
- Eladó - Salesman/Saleswoman
- Tikár - Secretary
- Titkárnő - Secretary
- Turista - Tourist
- Rendőr - Police officer
- Művész - Artist
- Művésznő - Artist
- Ügyvéd - Lawyer/Attorney
- Bíró - Judge
- Színész - Actor
- Színésznő - Actress
- Zenész - Musician
- Főnök - Boss
- Szakács - Chef
- Katona - Soldier
- Pincér - Waiter
- Postás - Postman/woman
- Író - Writer/Author
- Zeneszerző - Composer
- Politikus - Politician
- Óvónő - Montessori teacher
- Sportoló - Athlete
- Tűzoltó - Firefighter
- Énekes - Singer
- Énekesnő - Singer
- Rendező - Director
- Riporter - Reporter
Nationality
We already know how to say whether you're Hungarian and now we will learn a cool trick to almost 100% accurately say where your from. Here it is:
- Go to Wikipedia
- Find the page dedicated to your country
- On the side you should see a list of languages, click "Magyar"
- You will now see this page in Hungarian
- Just remove the -ország suffix and add vagyok. This will more than likely be what your nationality is. Let's try it with my country, Ireland!
Therefore ír vagyok.
Conversation
After you introduce yourself, you may find these phrases useful for conversation.- Igen - Yes
- Nem - No
- Kérem - Please
- Köszönöm - Thank you
- Nagyon szépen köszönöm - Thank you very much
- Szívesen - You're welcome
- Bocsánat - Sorry
- Elnézést - Excuse me
- Jó éjszakát (kívánok) - Good evening
- Hogy vagy? - How are you? (inf.)
- Hogy van? - How are you? (f.)
- Köszönöm, jól vagyok - I'm well, thanks
- Értem - I understand
- Nem értem - I don't understand
- Viszlát - Goodbye (inf.)
- Viszlátásra - Goodbye (f.)
