Hi, I'm Norbi from Budapest and in this video I would like to teach you a couple of words,
phrases and sentences in Hungarian.
Let's start with the greetings.
Similarly to other languages we also have informal and formal greetings .
Formal one sounds like: "Jó napot kívánok". "Jó napot" - meaning "good day to you".
It consists of three words - "jó", "napot" "kívánok".
It is easy: - "jó napot kívánok". "Good day to you!"
And the informal one sounds: "szia"! It could sound familiar to you as in
English we sometimes say "see ya", but in Hungarian we say "szia" in a shortened way.
And if you would like to say goodbye we can also do that in formal and informal ways.
The formal ones sounds like: "viszontlátásra". "Viszontlátásra."
Two (relatively easy) words - "viszont - látásra". "See you next time"
And the informal one sounds "csaó" - like in Italian or "szia",
similarly to the greeting which we already talked about.
In case we would like to say "thank you" in Hungarian we say "köszönöm".
Which is like the longer form or more like the formal version.
Or if it's too complicated you can also say "köszi".
"Köszönöm" or "köszi". "Köszönöm" - thank you or "köszi" like thanks.
And as for "please" we also have a relatively longer and shorter version - the longer one
sounds "kérem szépen", "Kérem szépen".
Two words - "kérem szépen", "please" this is the formal version.
And "kérlek. "Kérlek" - only one word.
"Kérlek", it's the shorter, it's the informal version of "please".
Now comes the easy part - "yes" or "no".
"Igen" or "nem". "Igen" = "yes", "nem" = "no".
And now comes the nightmare of the Hungarian words!
"Egészségére!" Sounds pretty rough, right?
It means "cheers". Okay, let's jump into "Egészségére"
"E-gé-szsé-gé-re" It's really long
and difficult to pronounce, I know. I know that it is really hard to pronounce
that's why I'm going to give you a shorter form of "egészségére" - it sounds: "egs!"
"cheers" "Egs!" = "Cheers!"
How you doin'? I know that it's
familiar from Friends, this is what Joey always said, and it sounds: "Hody vagy?" in Hungarian.
"Hogy vagy?" but no really it's of course just a joke but I know that
it's hard to pronounce as well. "Hogy vagy?" - "How you doin'?"
In case we would like to apologize to someone we can say "bocsánat", meaning "I'm sorry".
Or we can also say "bocsi" which is a relatively
shorter version but it it is also correct of course.
"Bocsánat" - "bo-scá-nat" it is a longer form than "bocsi" it's kind of like "sorry".
Saying "sorry" in itself, we're not saying "I am very sorry" or something like that.
In case we would like to ask someone on the street we say "excuse me".
In Hungarian we say: "Elnézést". "Elnézést" - it's one word and "elnézést".
"Excuse me, can you help me with this or that?" = "Elnézést, tudna segíteni?"
So the word itself is once again "elnézést".
"Elnézést", it's a little bit different than sorry.
And the last phrase I would like to teach you is "do you speak English?"
"Beszélsz angolul?" in Hungarian.
"Beszélsz angolul?" "Beszélsz" means "do you speak",
"English" "= angolul". "Beszélsz angolul?" - "Do you speak English?"
So I hope you liked the video and found it really useful and were able to pick up
some useful phrases in Hungarian. As you can see it took some time
to create the video because in the meantime my hair got shorter as well,
ah but it doesn't matter I guess... So, I just really hope you liked it
and will be able to use these phrases and words next time you come and visit
me in Budapest. See you soon!
Hey how you doing? (unintelligible baby noises)
Do you speak English? (slightly more intelligible baby noises)