How to learn vocab: three techniques (Hungarian)

[@Gazember94]

It's very funny to see my mother language in a textbook, and listen how hard is it to foreign people to pronounce Hungarian words. I feel myself very lucky to already know Hungarian cause i think i never could have learnt it. Besides I am glad to see somebody trying to learn my language and culture, it's very pleasing :) And by the way your Hungarian is very nice ;-)

[@BriefCon1]

Én tanulom a magyar nyelvet 6 honap, nehéz de szeretem azt, vágyom megtanulni azt jól, mert majd megpróbálok :)) Szomszédnő Szerbiából

[@2moon141]

+BriefCon1 Sok sikert! Good Luck!

[@valentinavisnyei2387]

+BriefCon1 Draga komsinice,sok sikert!

[@rjday753]

Cool, good to see a video like this. I lived in Hungary for 4 years and really only managed to pick up the basics, which took forever as I had no tutoring, and as you said, the language is very different from anything else you will come across. And I understood most of the dialogue that was shown. I actually met my girlfriend while I was over in Budapest, she couldn't speak English and I couldn't speak any Hungarian, but we got through it with Google Translate and a few books! Now we both live in the Uk and her English is a lot better now, Google Translate is only needed for obscure words. But we both do tend to speak 'Hunglish' (A mixture of Hungarian and English), which at times sounds funny.

[@RawLangsBlog]

congrats! thanks for the message. do you have any plans to keep up the hungarian you learnt?

[@rjday753]

Alex Rawlings Yeah sure! We regularly watch Tv shows that have subtitles, it teaches us both new words and meanings. We also tend to watch the news channels, BBC News and TV2 (TV2 is Hungarian), online documentaries and such things. And of course being in a relationship we both argue in a mixture of both languages :D As you know Yoda's language from Star Wars sounds backwards to us. But this is just like Hungarian, does he sound normal to Hungarian people? (lol)

[@robitanczinger2437]

Én segitek magyarul beszélni.!-I will help you speak english

[@BataGabor]

Your pronounce is amazingly perfect! The "h" and "r" sounds (unusual for English speaking) are better than perfect. Go ahead and lot of success for you!

[@Emriam]

This is so cute! I'm so happy to hear somebody speak in my language from abroad :)

[@I602I]

"jobbra" actually means "to the right", "jobb" would mean only "right", adding that little "ra" tot the end makes it mean "to the right", it's same with "balra" and "bal" "to the left" and "left"

[@Gszada]

én nem tudtam. Köszönjuk

[@MewMew811]

It's so nice to see that other people take the time and effort to learn our language! Good Luck!

[@karolyoneonly]

Your pronunciation is really good. .. :) I am Hungarian. This is a very difficult language.

[@subidubidu1706]

De édes, egyem meg! :3 Sok szerencsét a nyelvtanuláshoz, ha ezt megérted, akkor jól haladsz! ;) :DDD

[@Rockzsolt]

Az evést meg az édest érti csak azt nem miért írtad ide...

[@subidubidu1706]

Épp azért írtam. ;)

[@QWE4867]

Annyira imàdom amikor valaki azt mondja,hogy magyarul tanul ès èrdekes nyelvnek talàlja. Olyankor olyan büszke vagyok :DD

[@vuurniacsquarewave5091]

+Reka Bottyan Nézd meg az újabb videóját, ma már nagyon durván tolja :)

[@blista2]

én meg hülyének tartom azt, aki magyart tanul

[@korosibotond4574]

Dear Alex, thank you for this video, i' v never imagined that any onen would like to speak in hungarian, thanks very much,

[@efisgpr]

Hello, Duolingo has a Hungarian (for English) course that is over 90% ready to be released into beta. :) You may just see more Hungarian speakers than you expect soon! I, for one, am going to be all over it.

[@juliustoth7876]

I've seen so many videos of hungarian tutorials, some funny, some plain silly and some quiet good, but you are the best.

[@karenleon3724]

Thank you for making this video im from Mexico and there's no way to find and Hungarian teacher, so you really helped me 😊

[@alexmitzy]

Thanks for your effort, Alex. You would make a brilliant lecturer, so calm and patient while explaining.

[@LuizLucena3]

Thank you for sharing your tips with us, Alex! They're very useful.

[@laszlototh6967]

Alex nagyon örülök, hogy a magyar nyelvet választottad 14. nyelvnek. Nehéz dolgod lesz, ahogy egy magyar közmondás mondja: " Nagy fába vágtad a fejszéd". Sok sikert és kitartást kívánok hozzá !!! Szurkolok neked. Ha gondolod a beszéd gyakorlásában szívesen segítek, hiszen én is nyelveket tanulok.

[@Petymeg8105]

I think in our language not the vocabulary is the hardest but the grammar. The word order, and the affixes. And there are some verbs which mean the same, and there are some verbs which have more than one meaning. For example, megver means to hit somebody, or to win in a game. And the formal version of the language. When you talk to a person, who is older than you you must use the formal language, or you will be impolite. And the synonimes are also hard, because we have a lot of words to one thing.

[@TimeFliesGames]

I agree that the grammar is the hardest thing about Hungarian, especially the conjugation. I don't think double meanings and formal speech are that difficult (or different) though. "Megver" can be translated as "to beat", which can be a physical beating or winning a game, the same way as in Hungarian. The polite form isn't there in English, but several, maybe even most languages do have it. And it's nowhere nearly as difficult as formal speech in Japanese, you just use "ön" instead of "te" and put every verb into 3rd person singular.

[@Petymeg8105]

***** I don't agree. You can use ön in speech. For example "Szokott ön biciklizni?". When you're talking to an older person, you should use ön/maga.

[@maddyg3208]

The grammar makes the vocabulary harder for foreigners to understand because it changes the forms of words that are already hard to remember in their simple form.

[@maddyg3208]

@@TimeFliesGames We do have a polite form in English but it's only used by waiters in high class restaurants or when the Queen comes to visit.

[@oscarrggh]

Köszönöm Szépen á video! I am Indonesian and have been learning Hungarian for one week now. I might need a text book like you have as I am learning the language by online only. Szia, Alex!

[@dooncee]

Oscar Hermawan Szia Oscar! If you want to learn hungarian language I can "help" you, by for example we can text in english with some hungarian words, expesses and... btw it would be good for me too for practicing english. Have a nice day. :)

[@natansandle8016]

Oscar Hermawan I don't know why would anyone want to speak hungarian, but I am very happy about that there are people who do.

[@oscarrggh]

Gábor Kocsis Just read your reply, that would be awesome! I am gonna add your google circle right away.

[@dooncee]

Oscar Hermawan Haha i got the email you added me :)

[@batooladas4873]

Oscar HermawanGábor Kocsis I would love to join me for you. Now I'm living in Hungary and it is really sad that I find this before my final Hungarian exam. But anyway it would be good to improve it during my next holidays if you don't mind that.

[@feketebanat]

Actually right is jobb and left is bal. Jobbra means on the right(to the right) and the same for left too. :) In the hungarian language there are no prepositions. You put them as sufixes in the words. ;)

[@stirrup27]

you're Hungarian is developing pretty nicely, but just a quick tip: when you pronounce the "h" it came out very strong (almost like in French or somethin'); when you said, "hol van a pohár", the "h" should be very soft like in English :)

[@AmnesiaGm1]

We don't say any "h" in french ;) What you say is strange, while I was there in Szentes, learning hungarian everybody was telling me that my "h" were all too light..

[@stirrup27]

AmnesiaGm1 yeah the South has different pronunciation, as they do in English in America.

[@balazsszijarto3186]

Hello Alex Rawlings . I am originally from Hungary, Budapest. In my opinion the hungarian is the most difficult language in the world. I really appreciate how You would like to learn that language. If you have Skype then it could be amazing to change accents with each other. All the best, Steve

[@somerandomdudeontheinterne7460]

Ja mi beszéljük a világ legnehezebb nyelvét.(nem érdekel ki mit mond ez az igazság).És gratula,hogy ilyen jól tudsz beszélni magyarul.

[@attilagal6672]

Well done mate! Your pronunciation is really good! Very understandable and clear. I am glad to hear a British man learning and speaking in Hungarian language. I very much appreciate it! Warm Regards.

[@irenemcnamara9699]

I enjoyed your presentation. You make it seem so easy. I am very nervous about learning Hungarian. My Father was American-Hungarian, but he only spoke the language as a child. He forgot it as he got older.

[@HasufelyArod]

Depending on the use they are given, flashcards are very useful. As Alex himself has said, by understanding context any language can be easily learnt.

[@noemikovacs-hegegy4918]

Nagyon jó! :) a kiejtés majdnem tökéletes

[@Supersolider01]

Everybody have super power. My super power: I can speak Hungarian. :D (I'm from Hungary.)

[@hahafunny2114]

Az már szupererő :D

[@Szati2613]

Steve Csatornája az ám!! :D

[@dottibach]

Bizony :D

[@zsofischneider]

Nekem is ez a szupererőm 😂

[@chancsiru7491]

Your hungarian is nice, and the last technique is something that I don't see very often, it's a good idea. Hungarian isn't a lang that easy to study. When you can't really say something in a word, like balra- lr, you can simply just leave the l out, and say it with 2 r, like "barra", just to make it easier. The video is very nice, I think it's helpful. Good job :) *just a random hungarian girl*

[@newkool100]

Awesome video and good techniques. Thanks for the share.

[@RubenQuinones1]

Thanks for your tips, Alex. It's crazy: just a few minutes before seeing this, I had been studying the pages that you talked about! I lalso ove the way a dialogue can go from a bunch of crazy sounds to something meaningful after a few readings.

[@amandamacedo6195]

Olá. Sou do Brasil e te conheci através de um curso de inglês que pratico. Fiquei encantada por você conseguir falar onze línguas fluentemente e pesquisei um pouco sobre você. Estou feliz por ter descoberto seu canal no youtube, pois, desde já, virei uma fã sua. Espero um dia conhecer você pois tu és uma grande inspiração. :)

[@VABDLL]

I've been learning Hungarian as my 3rd language and am now putting a lot of energy learning Russian as my fourth. Interestingly enough, my observations were the same regarding the word pairs "стол" and "asztal" and "облако" and "ablak". Feel free to check out the Hungarian resources on my blog (linked from my channel.)

[@HasufelyArod]

Fascinating. I know a very few words in Hungarian thanks to my beloved Hungarian friend who likes Spanish.

[@evrena5210]

I'm in the early stages of learning...that book looks like a good idea!

[@tomlossajt666]

Nagyon cuki akcentusa van :)

[@krovicky68]

The Hunagrian words "asztal" and "ablak" are actually from the Russian (Slavic) words "стол" and "облоко". (The second one has a different meaning, but there is a connection: both cover something.)

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

The book's exact ISBN number is what, please?

[@VandaBoo]

This video gives me life I love it. Your accent is so cute, but it make me feel so blessed because this is my mother tongue and it's really fucking easy for me

[@zte514]

Olyan jó érzés tudni hogy vannak emberek akik ezt a szép és csodás nyelvet tanulják

[@lmulanguages]

Very nice! What do you think of the Hungarian case system? I look forward to more videos!

[@justincho6317]

I think the associative method is very useful when learning a new language or new languages. Personally this was the way I'd used when learning Italian and Portuguese, just by associating the words within their Spanish counterparts...

[@HasufelyArod]

The second technique reminds me of the Saussure's semiotic triangle. The object, the idea and the word. Object : (A book) (I am pointing it with my finger so it is understood what I mean) Idea: What I have in mind Word: B - O - O - K

[@MrFefefofo]

If I were a lenguage teacher, i would teach first some basic core words, and all suffixes that modify the meaning of the words, creating a kind of wordbush..... for example through the "tan" core adding suffixes we create some other words that are in logic relation with their parents...this can be followed by other cores.... One suffix can be followed an other one. But not all suffix can be used always. There are ca 100 suffixes in the hungarian legnague. tan-ul , lean tan-ul-hat, he may learn tan-ul-ni , to learn tan-ul-ó , student tan-ul-mány, study tan-ul-mány-(o)-z , he is studying. tan-ul-mány-oz-ni , to study tan-ul-gat , learn frequently, or meny times. tan-ul-ás , learning.. tan-ít , teach tan-ít-hat .he may teach.. tan-ít-(a)-ni , to teach,,, from the two samples of "ni" suffix" youcan see the rule, how to make infinitive... tan-ít-gat ,,, he teach many times. or frequently. tan-ít-ó ,teacher tan-ít-ás , teaching tan-oda . school.... a kind of school... tan-a-kodik tan-ács tan-ács-ol tan-ács-ol-hat tan-ács-ol-gat tan-ács-ol-ni tan-ít-tat. we can continue...... you can see, I used the "-ít", "-ás", "-ó", "-ni" , "-mány", "-gat", "-z" suffixes and I created some words. In these words are not in logic connection. you can find many "cores" and you can create new words, like the small children. And in time you will understand ho to use the suffixes... there are ca 2400 ancient meaning core in the hungarian lenguage. Using suffixes we create millions.

[@johnvoyce]

Very good advice.

[@TsubasaDreams]

I just started learning Hungarian (my 4th language) and I hate flashcards so I'll definitely try these techniques. How do you keep the language separate in your brain? I find that when I try to speak Russian, German words will slip in and vice versa.

[@KelvinW344]

I found a book called "Etimológiai szótár - Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete", 800+ pages of vocabulary building material. The problem is that it's written in Hungarian itself, not so easy to use for a beginner. Are there any Hungarian etymological dictionaries published in English?

[@jbenyaa]

I have to state that your Hungarian is pretty good and developing quite nicely, good job! I like the pronunciation as well. Our language is very diverse and different from other languages (as you mentioned) but you're on the right track. mindent bele! ;d

[@bkwrmgl]

Γειά σου Αλέξη, εξαιρετικό το βιντεάκι σου. Χαιρετίσματα από την Ελλάδα.

[@cheamede]

This is indeed a helpful way to learn the Hungarian language. Just recently (since december 2014) I am starting to learn hungarian. How far did you get in learning the language? Do you have any new tips?

[@wagnererika9514]

További sok sikert kívánok a tanulmányaidnak !! :D

[@isaacbootbull5542]

What do you do to maintain the languages you know in your mind so you won't forget them when you have zero practice with them?

[@pszabo1979]

Hello. Are you still learning Hungarian? I have to say that (if you want to know my opinion) your Hungarian pronunciation is much better than my English, so don't give up. A többi baromarcú trollnak meg üzenem, hogy nem kell leszólni a nyelvi hibákért, természetes, hogy vannak, hiszen NEM EZ AZ ANYANYELVE... De hányan vannak abban az országban, akik a saját nyelvüket sem tudják normálisan!? Lásd a "de viszont", "nem bírok", és "muszály" eseteket. Próbálj meg épkézláb módon megtanulni angolul, az sem olyan hű de egyszerű... Hogy is mondjuk: "vowel", "answer" and so on... These are daily problems here.

[@jozsefgal9939]

Igazad van. Tetszett a kommented végén a nyelv váltás. ;)

[@modzsi]

As a native hungarian living in the UK for 5 years and learning polish at the moment gotta say your advice is really useful. I think the visual technique you recommended is very similar to what I us to remember new words. Normally I try to find words that are similar sounding and meaning or getting me close to meaning of the words, mostly using hungarian. One thing I would have left out of this video is the unfortunately well know "fact" that hungarian being a finno-ugric language, it is scientifically discredited by many linguist, it is more due to politics and history. If you interested in the language I would recommend the books of Csaba Varga (you can find it on Amazon in english). Kindest regards and good luck with hungarian, Zsolt

[@mikehedgehog]

You are truly a polyglot Alex! Your pronunciation is almost perfect:) BUT! The H sounds really like Russian, its a normal H like in the English word "Who?" :)

[@ASDMELON]

OMG You speak hungarian very GOOD you are a HERO ! OMG Te nagyon JÓL tudsz beszélni magyarul egy hős vagy ! Our language is very HARD so you are a CHAMPION ! A mi nyelvünk nagyon nehéz szóval te egy BAJNOK vagy !

[@JohnSmith-tj6vz]

Always a good watch Alex 👍 Happy New Year 2020

[@spitzigcedrella9752]

ez a párbeszéd a buszról :D :D úristen ..mint két robot :D your video is so cool :) this language is very hard :/

[@Imreness]

De mégis gyönyörű nyelv!

[@lleho]

Nem lehetetlen, hogy hasonló párbeszéd ne zajlódhatna le egy magyar és egy magyarul tanuló között, prakticitását tekintve jónak gondolom a szöveget, egyébként, igen, egy kicsit talán jobban beleélhették volna magukat a helyzetbe : )

[@milenapinkovayso4390]

Alex Rawlings, tetszett a videó! Brazília vagyok, magyar ősektől. Alex Rawlings, gostei do video! Sou brasileira, descendente de hungaros. Alex Rawlings, I liked the video! I'm Brazilian, from Hungarian ancestors.

[@martonlerant5672]

Did you try to remember words by reading up their parts or meaning? In my humble opinbion it would make easier to remember a lot of hungarian words. For example: Villamos - means that something is electric (beside meaning tram), and got the meaning of tram, as a shorthand for referring buses that use electricity instead of gasoline. Fényképezőgép - which means camera can be translated as lightimagingmachine

[@Picur2000]

I'm hungarian and i must tell you that you are really good! :D

[@bogi1417]

(Hungarian words --->)Szia! Sok szerencsét a nyelvtanuláshoz!!! Nagyon szeretem a videóidat!!! (English words --->)Hy! Good luck for the language learning!!! I love your videos!!!

[@Kaukacu]

/Hu/ A felétől a végéig vigyorogtam, de nem azért mert vicces, ahogy próbálkozik (semmi vicces nincs benne), hanem a szívemet melegíti, hogy legalább próbálkozik. :) /En/ I smiled from the middle to the end, not because its funny as he trying (nothing funny in it), it's because warming my hearth as he at least trying. :)

[@tongxintia]

your accent is really cute

[@michaeljaffe8901]

Thanks Alex. That is helpful. How many languages do you speak ?

[@42alexey69]

Nagyon szeretem ezt a nyelvet és érdekes volt nekem nézni ezt a videót! Köszönöm szépen. It was also very interesting to listen to you speak some other languages, в том числе и на русском.

[@itepilah]

Szia Alex! After one and a half week you have very good pronunciation I must say. Be aware though that our 'h' is not the velar Russian sound. Do you plan to study Hungarian after the conference as well? If yes, I'd gladly help if you had any questions. My Skype is the same as my channel here.

[@SprachLangue]

Great video Alex, thanks for your advice. Can I ask how you balance this extra study of other languages with your uni work?

[@SenguMuramasa]

Found it really helpful. Keep it up

[@trafikuty]

Nice work!

[@Luciek69]

Do you also write down vocabulary? I love writting down things and nevr looking at them agian ;))

[@bookskamaki]

πολύ ωραίο βίντεο Αλέξη. Συνέχισε να μαθαίνεις!!

[@vandafarkas1452]

Jujj de muris ahogyan beszél!!! :D Good!!!!

[@dragmysoul]

Hey Alex. Your video is cool. Are you still learning the language, or how is your progress? I wanted to ask if you could give the author and title of the book you used. Thank you very much, and good luck with Hungarian!!

[@dEndiProductions]

hey! Just one comment, if it helps, the short a in Hungarian is pronounced more like the English au/aw, as in "caught" or "thaw", rather than the schwa sound.

[@tianqingwang2302]

Where I can buy this colloquial hungarian textbook in the budapest？

[@LuizLucena3]

And keep it up, of course!

[@luniYuhu]

Thanks for sharing this! I find it hard to agree with people who claim to speak several languages; in my opinion one has to live in a country for quite some time in order to really be able to speak a language very well. I am German and I personally prefer to stick to "only" English and Spanish, trying to speak them as well as I can, however (even though one can still hear a slight accent sometimes when you speak other languages) in your case I would really say that you are able to speak a lot of languages :) Keep up the good work!!

[@Luciek69]

Thank you. I speak many languages ( 4 or 5 ) and I use all of these techniques. I have never ever used flashcards. And yes, i'm quite lazy learner.

[@barisgym01]

Your hungarian accent is very good ! :) I'm hungarian, so if anyone knows, it's me ;)

[@AkaOzan]

Hey Alex, thanks for the video. Can you write that which book is it?

[@TheLanguageWanderer]

interesting video, Alex!:) I don't use flashcards either, but I like the associative technique. I also try to create sentences with new words since it helps me to remember them. see you in Budapest:-) btw, do you have any special technique to learn to speak in a language?

[@Sumyka]

Nagyon aranyos a kiejtésed ^^

[@HBoglaarka]

Pretty good pronunciation! Gartulálok!

[@allazerara1]

شكرا اخى جزاك الله خيرا

[@HasufelyArod]

Why not learning an Asian language? Any apart from Russian? Which I think is Indo-European, right?

[@leightonstarr1]

Where can we get the book you showed in this video from

[@GioVallaccoScolaris]

I personally have become more familiar with the associative technique, sometimes you can make up some really interesting and hilarious associations.

[@TV-my2xt]

Alex, do you really speak eleven languages? :D I'm glad that I do speak Dutch (my first language) and English just pretty well. Alright, I do speak English with an Australian accent, that was a problem at school. My English teacher, she kept yelling: "YOU HAVE TO SOUND BRITISH, YOU KANGAROO!"... :D But I just can't do that. I've never been in Australia, I've got no Australian roots, but when I talk to you in English, I'll sound like an Aussie. Strange isn't it? And somehow, I can't get it out of "my system". But Australian English is also English. ;)

[@florencewilliam909]

what's the name of the outlet he's using?

[@isaacbootbull5542]

Great video. By the way, are you gonna be speaking at the conference Hungarian?

[@Lestry2]

I love your English accent. I mean I know that it's normal British accent, but yours sound so nice...Too bad that I aquired American accent. I mean it's also useful but I would like to be able to switch between the two....

[@FernandoSaraivaRastaglot]

This 3rd technique is very interesting, have you ever heard that "the most weird is the picture you can build in your mind, the most you'll memorize"?

[@kLoLPresents]

Your Hungarian is very good. It's good that other people are interesting about our language. If somebody needs help that we Hungarians are gonna help! :) Remekül beszélsz magyarul. Jó dolog, hogy mások is érdeklődnek nyelvünk iránt! Ha valakinek segítség kell, mi magyarok szivesen segítünk a tanulásban! :)

[@ricskovalkay5570]

Hello I 'm Hungarian (and this is a constractivec riticism) I think too much in taking care of letter Speech Technology , do not just say this is a more natural conversation cauld be elliminated. But once again I say the video is very good :D

[@samuelolah9097]

Sorry, what is the book you're using?

[@ujkacedo]

Köszönöm szépen.

[@Contentspanish]

Great ideas, let's see now if I can chat with someone in Hungarian at the conference : )

[@dEndiProductions]

Oh, yeah, sorry, what I said only applies to American accents. I do believe, although I'm not sure, that the o in obvious is the same sound. If you know IPA, it is /ɒ/, which is equivalent to the (British) /ar/ sound in "car" but with rounded lips.

[@TheBrankagajo]

What is the name of the book?

[@kLoLPresents]

It's weird to watch as a Hungarian :D You speak it pretty well though, nice video! Fura ezt magyarként nézni :D Habár elég jól beszéled a nyelvet, jó kis videó!

[@sandydallas3397]

Fellig magyar vagyok is fellig gorog ...van valamien Webside ahol tanulhatok magyarul irni ? I'm half greek and half hungarian ... how i can lern right hungarian ( i can talk perfect but i can't righting )

[@tongxintia]

I dont know any website which teaching to write in Hungarian but if you want to learn , I think I could help you .

[@sandydallas3397]

thank you

[@szarvasianna8174]

Én is ;)

[@sandydallas3397]

:)

[@efisgpr]

Tong Xintia Lu Hi, Tong, where are you from? You have an interesting name. :D