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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

hungarian
Voices
English-Speaking Instructor . . . . . . . . . . Ray Brown
Hungarian-Speaking Instructor . . . Gabor Szentpaly
Female Hungarian Speaker. . . Gabriella Wortmann
Male Hungarian Speaker . . . . . . . . . . Jozsef Dczi
Course Writers
Ibolya Latrn Dr. Ulrike S. Rettig
Reviewers
Krisztina Varga Eva Balogh
Editors
Elizabeth Horber Beverly D. Heinle
Executive Producer
Beverly D. Heinle
Producer & Director
Sarah H. McInnis
Recording Engineers
Peter S. Turpin

Kelly Saux

Simon & Schuster Studios, Concord, MA


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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading Lessons
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Alphabet Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unit Eleven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Unit Twelve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unit Thirteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Unit Fourteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Unit Fifteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Unit Sixteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Unit Seventeen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Unit Eighteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Unit Nineteen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Unit Twenty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Unit Twenty-One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Unit Twenty-Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Unit Twenty-Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Unit Twenty-Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Unit Twenty-Five . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Unit Twenty-Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Unit Twenty-Seven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Unit Twenty-Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Unit Twenty-Nine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unit Thirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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hungarian
Introduction
Hungarian belongs to the Finno-Ugric language
family, which also includes Finnish and Estonian. It
is not at all related to the Indo-European languages
which surround it and is very different both in vocabulary and grammar. It is spoken in Hungary and
by the Hungarian minorities in seven neighboring
countries. The Hungarian name for the language
is magyar.
There are about 14 million native speakers, of
whom some 10 million live in modern-day Hungary.
Some two and a half million speakers live in areas
that were part of the Kingdom of Hungary before
World War I. Of these, the largest group lives in
Romania, where there are approximately 1.5 million
Hungarians. Hungarian speakers are also to be found
in Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia, Austria, and
Slovenia, as well as about a million people scattered
in other parts of the world, including over a hundred
thousand in the United States.
The different dialects of Hungarian can be
heard mostly in rural areas in Hungary and the
neighboring countries. These dialects are mutually
intelligible and differ mostly in the pronunciation
of their vowels. The standard Hungarian, which
you will hear in this course, is based on the NorthEastern dialect and is spoken in the entire territory
of Hungary.

hungarian
Introduction (continued)
Hungarian is an agglutinative language,
which means that grammatical relations (past tense,
possession, plural, ) are expressed by adding
suffixes and prefixes to words. The vowels of the
suffixes change according to the dominating vowels
of the word they are attached to. This important
feature of Hungarian is called vowel harmony. For
example, to determine the correct particle to use on a
word, you look at the dominant vowels in the word.
If the vowels are mostly:

a, , o, , u, use ban as in szllodban


e, , i, , , , , , use ben as in tteremben

Hungarian is written in the Roman-based


alphabet. The first known Hungarian text, a funeral
sermon and prayer, dates back to the 12th century.
In addition to the Roman characters, the Hungarian
alphabet contains several consonants made up of
two or three letters, and vowels with umlauts or
accent marks.
The modern Hungarian alphabet has a total of 44
letters: a complete listing follows, starting on page 4.
There are 14 vowels (listed in bold on the chart) and
25 consonants. However, one of these consonants
is counted twice, since it can be represented in two
different ways (j or ly). In addition to these 40 letters,
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hungarian
Introduction (continued)
there are four more letters (q, w, x, and y) that are
only used in foreign words and in the spelling of old
Hungarian family names.
Both vowels and consonants can be short or
long. The long sounds are pronounced about
twice as long as the short ones. Long vowels are
marked by long accent marks. Long consonants
are doubled in writing; in the case of consonants
containing two letters, only the first letter is doubled.
Whenever possible, English equivalents are given in
the chart. You should use this for reference only,
however, as all the information you need to do the
readings is contained in the audio on which the
reading lessons appear.
There are twenty Hungarian reading lessons.
They are in the units, starting with Unit Eleven, and
are combined at the end of the program. You may
choose to do the Readings along with the lesson
units, starting with Unit Eleven, or you may wait
and do them all together, after completing the rest of
the course. Feel free to repeat the reading lessons
as often as needed for practice with the Hungarian
alphabet and its sounds. Instructions on how to
proceed with the Readings are contained in the
audio portion of the course.
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hungarian
Alphabet Chart
Uppercase Lowercase

13

B
C
Cs
D
Dz
Dzs
E

F
G
Gy

b
c
cs
d
dz
dzs
e

f
g
gy

14

15

21

J
K
L
Ly
M

j
k
l
ly
m

22

23
24

Ny
O

ny
o

25

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

16
17
18
19
20

Sound
o as in bod
a as baa
b as in by
ts as in tsunami
ch as in check
d as in door
ds as in Hudson
j as in Jack
similar to e in bed
as in caf
f as in father
g as in go
du as in duke
h as in high; h as in
human; ch as in loch;
sometimes silent
i as in thin
ee as in reed
y as in yes
k as in key
l as in long
ey as in hey
m as in mom
n as in no; n as in
king (before k, g)
n as in new
o as in for
the long version of o
as in for

hungarian
Alphabet Chart (continued)
Uppercase Lowercase
26

27

28

29

(Q)

(q)

30
32
33
34

R
S
Sz
T
Ty

r
s
sz
t
ty

35

36

37

38

39

40

(W)

(w)

41

(X)

(x)

42

(Y)

(y)

43
44

Z
Zs

z
zs

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Sound
[not used in English]
similar to ur in burn
[not used in English]
long version of
p as in plan
[used only in foreign
words]
rolling r
sh as in shore
s as in song
t as in ten
soft t as in stew
similar to oo as
in foot; [the short
version of the next
letter]
oo as in pool
[not used in English]
corresponds to u in
French tu
[not used in English]
longer version of
as in very
v as in very [used
only in foreign
words]
x as in taxi
[used in itself only
in some old family
names, in those
pronounced i as in
thin]
s as in desert
su as in measure

hungarian
Unit Eleven
1.

ma

2.

mama

3.

ad

4.

alma

5.

fal

6.

falat

7.

falam

8.

falamat

9.

falak

10.

a falak

11.

un

12.

tud

13.

luk

14.

Duna

15.

Ubul

16.

Lulu

17.

rum

18.

durum

19.

radar

20.

urna
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hungarian
Unit Twelve
1.

fut

2.

futunk

3.

utam

4.

utunk

5.

vas

6.

vasat

7.

suba

8.

utas

9.

satu

10.

sarat

11.

satura

12.

abba

13.

nulla

14.

lassan

15.

arra

16.

fussak

17.

amarra

18.

urasan

19.

saruban

20.

a saruban
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hungarian
Unit Thirteen
1.

untat

2.

3.

4.

uram

5.

falu

6.

fal

7.

frunk

8.

hsunk

9.

huzat

10.

hzat

11.

Garam

12.

garat

13.

ugat

14.

gla

15.

rg

16.

aggat

17.

agara

18.

faggat

19.

ugrat

20.

kra
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hungarian
Unit Fourteen
1.

Kati

2.

Mari

3.

ugrik

4.

ri

5.

taxi

6.

alibi

7.

illan

8.

addigi

9.

hv

10.

11.

hvnak

12.

gurt

13.

irat

14.

rat

15.

utast

16.

hamist

17.

kitakart

18.

zdt

19.

fik

20.

rattak
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hungarian
Unit Fifteen
1.

akar

2.

3.

gi

4.

dm

5.

pvt

6.

prs

7.

harap

8.

arat

9.

rt

10.

kanl

11.

bnat

12.

rads

13.

az rads

14.

lls

15.

utazs

16.

prilis

17.

rs

18.

rsban

19.

brt

20.

alrs
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hungarian
Unit Sixteen
1.

sr

2.

szv

3.

szrt

4.

suba

5.

asztal

6.

szl

7.

sl

8.

asz

9.

sztats

10.

Pisti

11.

lass

12.

issza

13.

sszal

14.

vadszik

15.

tavasszal

16.

virgos

17.

srssal

18.

halszfalu

19.

hsz tska

20.

lassan isszk
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hungarian
Unit Seventeen
1.

eper

2.

fele

3.

kerestem

4.

szexi

5.

elviszem

6.

Budapest

7.

Eszem valamit.

8.

Mit eszik ma?

9.

Kivel eszik este?

10.

Nem eszem semmit.

11.

Hat utn szeretne enni.

12.

Merre van a Parlament?

13.

A Parlament messze van.

14.

Elveszett az tlevelem.

15.

Ez az t Budapestre vezet.

16.

A busz az t mellett ll.

17.

Ebben a hzban lakik.

18.

Ki lakik itt?

19.

Ki lakik ebben a hzban?

20.

Mit tant Eszter?


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hungarian
Unit Eighteen
1.

2.

szp

3.

krs

4.

keres

5.

kevs

6.

des let

7.

elnzst

8.

tterem

9.

Mit kr?

10.

Ht rtest krek.

11.

Kt kvt krek.

12.

Kr valamit?

13.

Megnzhetem a kpet?

14.

Nem krek semmit.

15.

Pter va mellett ll.

16.

Budapesten ltem.

17.

Februrban kszen lesz.

18.

Ez az r ismer tged.

19.

Msz a vrba pnteken?

20.

dm tz ht mlva indul.
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hungarian
Unit Nineteen
1.

cl

2.

acl

3.

crna

4.

arc

5.

kacat

6.

cica

7.

picikk

8.

vicces

9.

cucc

10.

cuccaim

11.

Ezek az n cuccaim.

12.

utca

13.

az utcban

14.

a Vci utcban

15.

Az tterem a Vci utcban van?

16.

tetszik

17.

Nekem tetszenek.

18.

Ebben az utcban ltl?

19.

A tanr r mindig viccel.

20.

Ceclia kerek arc.


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hungarian
Unit Twenty
1.

hol

2.

ott

3.

Hol van?

4.

Hol van a Vci utca?

5.

Mikor tallkoztok?

6.

Tudod a cmt?

7.

Megmondod a telefonszmt?

8.

Sok bolt van ebben a vrosban.

9.

pohr bort

10.

Holnap utazom oda.

11.

pl

12.

ckmk

13.

kstol

14.

fotalbum

15.

Ht rakor.

16.

Tz rakor tallkozunk.

17.

Otthon van most Nra?

18.

Beszl angolul s oroszul.

19.

Oktber szp hnap.

20.

A kv tl forr.
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hungarian
Unit Twenty-One
1.

garzs

2.

zsirf

3.

zsia

4.

szpen

5.

Szlok a pincrnek.

6.

Zsros ez a hs.

7.

nizs van a szszban.

8.

Zska szereti

9.

Zsolt nem eszik semmit.

10.

Sok pnz van a zsebben?

11.

zsebemben

12.

nizzsal

13.

garzzs

14.

Mi van a zskodban?

15.

Ez a zsinr elg hossz.

16.

Hov msz Balzzsal?

17.

nizzsal ksztem a tet.

18.

Mivel issza a kvt?

19.

Volt mr zsiban?

20.

Van sznes zsinrunk.


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Two
1.

jl

2.

jtk

3.

ajndk

4.

sajnos

5.

bajjal jr

6.

Jzsi fekete haj.

7.

Ez az j hajja?

8.

Vajjal kri a zsemljt?

9.

Jnos megijesztett.

10.

Jr busz a Jkai utcban?

11.

beszljen

12.

talljak

13.

ismtelje

14.

Mikor keljek fel?

15.

tojshj

16.

Tejjel issza a kvt?

17.

Janurban jrtam Tokajban.

18.

Feleljen a krdsre.

19.

Ne fjjon a feje.

20.

Jl beszl japnul.
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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Three
1.

2.

t sr

3.

ksznm

4.

A bartom trk.

5.

sszesen tszz

6.

Jnnek a grgk?

7.

8.

szl

9.

femls

10.

Ez kbl van.

11.

a fnkm.

12.

Hol van a Vrsmarty tr?

13.

Srkzy Ernvel szeretnk beszlni.

14.

A rendr a Toldy Ferenc ---

15.

utcban vrt.

16.

srt iszik?

17.

Jen nem nz ember.

18.

t zet lttunk az erdben.

19.

tkor kezdett esni az es.

20.

Brbl van ez a brnd?


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Four
1.

Hov kltzl?

2.

3.

stnk

4.

Hov lnk?

5.

res az veg.

6.

klns

7.

Replvel jn.

8.

nem rlt a hrnek.

9.

tz

10.

remekm

11.

kisfl

12.

A fben ltnk.

13.

nnek van fsje?

14.

A kvettl jobbra ltem.

15.

Nem rltem meg.

16.

A st mkdik.

17.

Tkn ltnk.

18.

sszel kltznk.

19.

Tbe fzm a crnt.

20.

zenet jtt tlk.


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Five
1.

cs

2.

bocsnat

3.

csrg

4.

csrdngl

5.

Mit csinl cstrtkn?

6.

Az ccse rendr.

7.

Elkezddtt a meccs?

8.

bagoly

9.

Nincs itt Jancsi.

10.

Jjjn ibolyt szedni.

11.

Kroly a kocsit javtotta.

12.

esllyel

13.

Csilla Mihllyal jr.

14.

Hellyel knltk Csabt.

15.

Lyuk van a csr faln.

16.

Milyen blyeget kr?

17.

A mhely csdbe ment.

18.

Melyik tteremben vacsorzunk?

19.

Ezen a helyen volt a kulcsom.

20.

Ki csinlta az estlyi ruht?


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Six
1.

rtse meg.

2.

Tartsa meg.

3.

tantson.

4.

Hajtstok ki.

5.

magyar

6.

Hogy van?

7.

Hogy vagy?

8.

Hov megy a gyerek?

9.

Eltnt a gyrm.

10.

Meggyet krek.

11.

Egynk valamit.

12.

Igyunk egy kvt egytt.

13.

Eggyel elg lesz.

14.

maradjunk

15.

Fradjon be.

16.

Adjon egy srt, legyen szves.

17.

Gyrben gyrtanak kocsit?

18.

Milyen gyakran jr ide?

19.

Tudja, hol van a Vrsmarty utca?

20.

A hegyekbe megynk.
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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Seven
1.

nyelv

2.

nyron

3.

Milyen nyelven beszl?

4.

Mennyi pnze van?

5.

Arnylag knny nyelv.

6.

Ne legyl nygs.

7.

Annyira nyugtalan vagyok.

8.

Hny rakor tallkozunk?

9.

Nyolckor a Nyugati eltt.

10.

menjenek

11.

Kenjen egy szelet kenyeret.

12.

Mit kvnjak?

13.

Ne nyavalyogj annyit.

14.

dzsungel

15.

Elveszett a dzsekim.

16.

Hny dzsmi van Magyarorszgon?

17.

Nyron majd fznk dzsemet.

18.

A lnyod mg tindzser?

19.

Menjek vagy ne menjek?

20.

A kertben nylnak a rzsk.


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Eight
1.

tyk

2.

atya

3.

krtya

4.

patyolat

5.

hatty

6.

A pttys szoknyt veszem fel.

7.

Az ltny a Patyolatban van.

8.

Lepottyant a frl.

9.

tja

10.

ltja

11.

Szp a kabtja.

12.

Hogy hvjk a bartjt?

13.

A kulcs a zrban fityeg.

14.

bodza

15.

madzag

16.

Az edzs holnap este lesz.

17.

Mi rotyog a fazkban?

18.

Ez meg se kottyan.

19.

Az ra ketyeg a falon.

20.

Ktysak a vros tjai.


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hungarian
Unit Twenty-Nine
1.

Hall, tessk!

2.

J estt kvnok!

3.

Bill Jones vagyok.

4.

Pataki Drval ---

5.

szeretnk beszlni.

6.

Pataki Dra vagyok.

7.

, Dra, n az!

8.

J estt, Bill!

9.

Hogy van?

10.

Ksznm, jl.

11.

Dra, szeretne velem ---

12.

vacsorzni holnap este?

13.

Szeretnk. Hnykor?

14.

Hat rakor j nnek?

15.

Az nem j nekem.

16.

Akkor htkor.

17.

Az j.

18.

Rendben.

19.

Akkor viszlt ---

20.

holnap este htkor.


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hungarian
Unit Thirty
1.

Nagy Pl vagyok.

2.

Budapesten lek a felesgemmel.

3.

Holnap New Yorkba megyek.

4.

Nhny htig ott dolgozom.

5.

Aztn Washingtonba megyek.

6.

Bartaim vannak Washingtonban.

7.

Megltogatom a bartaimat.

8.

t vagy hat napig leszek ott.

9.

Ngy ht mlva jvk vissza Magyarorszgra.

10.

A felesgem is jn velem.

11.

A fiunk nem jn.

12.

mr nagy.

13.

Budapesten dolgozik.

14.

Neki van csaldja.

15.

Egy kislnya s kisfia van.

16.

Ma vsrolni megyek a Vci utcba.

17.

Egy szp knyvet akarok venni.

18.

Tegnap is vsroltam.

19.

Vettem hrom j CD-t.

20.

Egy j tterembe mentem.


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