Hungarian grammar

=a= as _o_ in rod, _e.g._ fal, a wall =á= ” _a_ ” far ” vár, a castle =e=[1] ” _a_ ” man ” kerek, round =é= ” _a_ ” pale ” pénz, money =i= ” _i_ ” piqué ” piros, red =í= ” _ee_...

The definite article is used in many cases where it would not be used in English; for example, even after a demonstrative adjective, or where a pronoun precedes the noun.

Place and direction are also indicated by means of _postpositions_, which, like the suffixes mentioned above, are equivalent to the prepositions of English grammar, but which, a...

_Flat Words._ _Sharp Words._ Sing.: 1st person =-m= =-m= my 2nd ” =-d= =-d= thy 3rd ” =-ja= =-je= his, hers, its Plural: 1st ” =-nk= =-nk= our 2nd ” =-tok= =-tek=, =tök= your 3r...

Thus, instead of joining =-ben= (in) to the pronoun =én= (=I=), to express the notion “_in me_,” the personal suffix =m= (with the proper connecting vowel) is added to the prepo...

alatt, under (stationary): a macska az asztal =alatt= van, the cat is under the table. alá, under (towards): menj a fa =alá=, go under the tree. alól, under (from under): a növé...

After sibilants, which would admit the sound b to be heard without an intermediate vowel, often only =-b= is added to form the comparative, but it is preferable to use a connect...

The force of the English _my_, _thy_, &c., is usually given by the personal endings, as explained in Chapter IV.: as, for instance, a kalap=-om=, my hat; az atyá=-d=, thy father...

There are two Conjugations. They are called in Hungarian the =ikes= (pronounced ik-ash), _having_ =ik=, and the =iktelen=, _without_ =ik=, conjugations, because verbs belonging...

ma, to-day holnap, to-morrow tegnap, yesterday most, now akkor, then máskor, another time mindig, always soha, never a múltban, in the past a jövőben, in the future későn, late...

és[9], and meg, and is, also ismét, again azaz, that is vagyis, that is to say azonkivül, besides mind—mind, both—and is—is, both—and nemcsak—hanem is, not only—but also aztán o...

Az egri ütközetben nem a törökök győztek, hanem a magyarok. Nemcsak láttam a királyt, hanem beszélni is hallottam. Mátyás király soha sem haragudott az őszinte szóért, sőt még s...

To the name or title of a man the suffix =-né= is added to denote the wife of that person: as, Deákné, the wife of Deák; szinészné, the wife of an actor. If the lady were hersel...

A derivative may take a further formative, in which case the derivative is called the primitive of the new word. In the following example each preceding word is the primitive or...

As nouns and verbs have significant endings there is much greater freedom in the construction of sentences in Hungarian than in English. Thus we may say, Margit szereti Etelkát,...

Gold coins 20 korona = 16 8 10 ” = 8 4 Silver coins 5 ” = 4 2 2 ” = 1 8 1 ” = 0 10 Nickel coins 20 fillér = 0 2 10 ” = 0 1 Bronze coins 2 ” = 0 ⅕ 1 ” = 0 ⅒

Yes. Igen. Please. Kérem, or tessék. No. Nem. Thank you. Köszönöm. Sir. Uram. Madam. Nagysád. Good morning. Jó reggelt. Good evening. Jó estét. Good-night. Jó éjszakát. Good-bye...