Videos

Lilla, is ever so patiently teaching Hungarian. Here is a vlog from her, but we recommend checking out her channel, Hungarianbyheart. She has four playlists: Slow Hungarian, Conversations, Grammar and Baking. 

We especially like her subtitling in both languages - they make following along so much easier!! Give it a try!

Willie moved to Hungary from the USA. He will be your tour guide in Leányfalu. 

Coincidentally, his engaging presentation shares brief snapshots of Leányfalu’s past, touching on local facts regarding Attila and the events of 1956 we have previously explored this year.  

Luckily, he drops a few Hungarian expressions, so you get a taste of the language along with your history; consider it your 'starter kit' for surviving a conversation in Leányfalu.

Enjoy!

Tips: 

• Click on CC and change the language at the gear icon
• Re-listen to catch a few words - it gets easier... 

Vocab:

1. cheers - egészségedre 
2. girl - leány (more poetic, old fashion) - lány 
3. village -falu 
4. villager- falusi
5. home - otthon
6. writer - író
7. mustache - bajusz 
8. church - templom 
9. greetings - Good day, good health! ... (literally) - Jó napot, jó egészséget! 
10. school - iskola 
11. king - király
12. hunting trip - vadászat
13. boar - vaddisznó 
14. brick - tégla
15. revolution - forradalom
16. flag with a hole - lyukas zászló
17. heart - szív
18. Pannónia - ancient name for the area west of the Danube occupied by the Romans, later Attila
19. soccer field - foci pálya
20. lemonade - limonádé
21. carbonated - buborékos (colloquial) szénsavas (official)
22. lángos - a Hungarian fried bread based savory favorite, can have a variety of toppings - (originally were baked in the clay baking oven with the bread, hence the name lángos, literally flamy. People ate the flat lángos on the morning of the baking, later the smaller loaves, last the loaves, which often weighed 3-5 kilos.)
23. What would you like? - Mit kérsz?
24. Here you are ...- parancsolj!
25. Cheers! or Here is to you! - Egészségedre! (literally: to your health)
26. purple onions - lila hagyma
27. cheese - sajt
28. sour cream - tejfel

And your reward: 

Hints:

• Short cut: if you really don't want to mess with starting from scratch, get some frozen dinner rolls (dough), let it rise at room temperature, then fry them. It won't quite be the same, but it's a quick fix. 
• For gourmands: If you make it from scratch, chose extremely fine flour, i.e. pizza flour which is powdery grind and has specific protein content (roughly 11–12.5%, more gluten than all-purpose). It creates a dough that stretches easily.

P.S. Cover page is the Gazebo Café in Leányfalu

FYI: at the moment our pages are not programmed to play shorts. Here is a direct link to YT   

As we see it, how we say it.. because Hungarian is an ancient language, likely words were created from images that were obvious for most. The logic remained over the centuries. Coincidentally, modern science claims visual learning is faster and retained longer. 

Here are a few observations from a YouTuber, Frederic Cornelius, who moved to Hungary:

• tükör tojás            - német: Spiegel -tükör, Ei-tojás, francia: œuf sur le plat  - fried egg
                                     when it hardens the yolk reflects light and resembles a mirror - we don't turn it over
• fekvőrendőr         - laying cop        - speed bump       - a bit spirited incentive...
• porszívó                - dust sucker    - vacuum cleaner - isn't this obvious? 
• mosómedve         - washing bear - racoon
                                   (their hands are often in the water as they feel the  crabs etc.)
• pattogatott kukorica - bouncing/exploding corn      - pop corn
• villanykörte         - electric pear   - light bulb             - well, that's how it looks like 
                                       (and a bit of extra: Acidity is a key factor: pear will conduct electricity because of the
                                        electrolytes, but it has resistance to the current flow, making it a weak conductor.)
• tengeralattjáró  - under see transport - submarine
                                       ( jár, means walk or transport i.e. Erre jár a 8s busz? Is the number 8 bus coming this way?) 

Usually Hungarian is described as a language like no other, dissimilar to its neigbors'. A language once thought having common roots with Finnish - although, only some linguists can state this regarding the grammatical structure. In our everyday use, it is unlikely we understand each other at all and many question this causality.  Despite of it all, this group of friends managed to find some surprising commonalities among six languages; perhaps as people moved in past centuries, (no visa requirements ☺️) wars with new settlers brought their own words that mixed with the local ones or even fit better so they were adopted by the locals (loanwords). Enjoy this selection.

Healthy body, healthy mind is practiced while teaching music.
Now that concentration is at a premium, this technique suggest interval teaching of an instrument and refreshing physical games.

Personal experiences, workday, cafés, street scenes

Awesome videos from an Australian vlogger's adventures learning Hungarian. He does not have Hungarian lineage. He had spent some time in Hungary as an exchange student. He has exceptional humor, we are recommending checking out his channel. The newer ones (last 2-3 years) have subtitles in English.

Why foreign students selected to learn Hungarian

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An American young women shares her experiences how she learned Hungarian (in Hungarian)