Hungarian explained - such long words, such an isolated language

Why is Hungarian so isolated in Europe, surrounded by unrelated languages that don't share its long words? An animated linguistic take on the history and grammar behind Hungarian's uniqueness.
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~ Spoiler Alert! ~
I couldn't ignore the many commenters who've pleaded with me to give Hungarian a shot. After gathering up some grammars and purchasing Lendvai's history, The Hungarians, I see why! I just had to share this linguistic tale.
This video tells two stories that intertwine. First, how Hungarian got to be such a lonely language island among Indo-European languages. Second, how Hungarian uses a long-word-building strategy that's "foreign" in a European context: agglutination with vowel harmony. At the end, the two come together as linguists trace its words back to a common ancestor called Uralic. The Uralic family explains Hungarian's uniqueness, but also its distant relations to Finnish and Estonian within Europe and its closer shared prehistory with Uralic languages in Russia that suggest a long, long, LONG migration from Siberia!
I cut an observation from the video that I wish to add here. "Agglutination" is abnormal in Europe, but that could have more to do with a quirk of Indo-European than Uralic. "Agglutinative" languages aren't rare around the world, and even other families like Turkic have vowel harmony. Compare that European-style "fusional" types.
I am not Hungarian - check and correct. That said, I poured into this every last ounce of the time I spent practicing the language.
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Art, narration and animation by Josh from NativLang.
Some of the music, too.
Sources for my claims and credits for imgs, sfx, music:
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[@ArchDuke_Romellenios_Lanz]

Holy. how can one learn this language, does it take 15 years to be fluent, wow. Also to any Hungarians who read this, Aloha from Hawaii.

[@mlg_dog420]

in german we also have the cases, which we add on to the words, and we also can put words together into literally infinitely long new words...

[@attilamagyar91]

more than 15 years to be exact. I have a friend who's mother arrived to hungary 30 years ago. She still breaks here and there with the grammar.

[@kristofgergely7048]

I don't think you can actually speak fluently hungarian if you're foreign

[@ArchDuke_Romellenios_Lanz]

@@mlg_dog420 damn

[@ArchDuke_Romellenios_Lanz]

@@kristofgergely7048 damn it. D'X

[@l3nr]

A grammatically correct sentence in hungarian: A követ követ követ It means: The representative follows a stone

[@ggerely]

soo underrated comment

[@LEK-we2hh]

Lenr0k Lovey. Nagy. kovet kovet. egy. nagy. kovet. )))))

[@ArpadZ20]

Correct = True - But just a grammatical contortion. :O

[@ggerely]

@@ArpadZ20 Vagy helyes aki helyes ;)

[@tamastisza7561]

Te tetted e tettetett tettet? Te tettetett tettek tettese..Te :D

[@alexandruioanmunteanu4105]

English: Hungary German: Ungarn French: Hongrie Romanian: Ungaria Japanese: Hangari Hungarian: *Magyarország*

[@Martinfinite]

Yes because some of the nations call themselves differently. 😄

[@bencehoracsek1386]

@@Martinfinite like Finland. I'm not from there, I just know they call themselves Soumi or something like that (imma hungarian btw)

[@Csakbetksszmok]

Maďarsko.

[@gepzene1]

Turkish: Macaritan

[@ilkecemreengudar7266]

Turkish: Macaristan

[@SK-in7bh]

people think Hungarian is like rap music. because all our phone conversation ends with: Jo, jo, puszi puszi

[@marklucskai4283]

Puszi puszi neked is😂😂✌️❤️

[@ode7686]

@Barnabás Acsai stfu

[@Kitulous]

@@gerikiss1306 people should just understand that not all languages have the exactly the same words as English. People should finally get it that the words that may sound inappropriate in English do not appear like such in other languages, because it's a fricking different language.

[@petmop1309]

Puszi 😏

[@PC_Simo]

@@Kitulous Exactly 👌🏻.

[@ashawn203]

English: piano Spanish: piano Turkish: piyano Japanese: piano Korean: piano Arabic: bianu Greek: piáno Dutch: piano Russian: pianino Hungarian: ZONGORA

[@BlueStar4040]

German: K L A V I E R

[@maximgunnarson3291]

Luna Longbottom Czech: Klavír..German influence😅 we also use piano tho😄

[@davidfreeman3083]

Japanese and Korean? R u sure?

[@adldy8618]

in their defence we in Ardeal or Transylvania we use zongora too

[@---iv5gj]

pretty sure asians don't say piano

[@Mokso]

hát nem lennék azok helyében akiknek magyarul kell megtanulniuk :D

[@Zuzentasun]

Igen, jó volt egy évesen letudni :-)

[@agnes15101968]

Erre már én is gondoltam!

[@antonialamos]

XDDD

[@achilleas5829]

az biztos :D

[@kiralyzuzu6763]

Szerencsére senkinek nem kell :D

[@kiralypeter88]

Szeretetteljes üdvözletünket küldenénk a legkiemelkedőbb hódolóninknak ebből a gyönyörűséges országból ha értené bármelyikőtök a mondandóját ezen soroknak.

[@milenapinkovayso4390]

Nagyon köszönöm a figyelmet! Köszönöm a figyelmet! Magyar unokám vagyok, Brazíliából és magyar szeretőből vagyok! Obrigado pela sua atenção ! Eu sou uma neta de húngara , brasileira e um amante húngara !

[@kispangit3912]

Persze, mint amikor Kósa hadovált az államcsődről 2010-ben vidéken, hogy úgyse érti senki meg messze is van - órára rá bezuhant a forint.

[@AgnesTemesvaritothkasa]

Nagyszerű de a kiejtés még egy kicsit biceg írta Ági

[@netajithevar296]

We would like to send our warmest greetings to our most prominent worshiper from this beautiful country if any of you are to understand the sayings of these lines.

[@AgnesTemesvaritothkasa]

Köszönöm hogy megpróbáltad a Magyar nyelvet felkeresni. Sajnos most már oly kicsi lett honföldünk hogy nagyapámék még a földközitenger szélén éltek

[@noidea2568]

I'm a Pole and I find hungarian so incredible because of it's uniqueness amongst languages in Europe. Love to Hungary from Poland! :)

[@gabor6259]

Polak, Wegier, dwa bratanki!

[@LordDamianus]

@@gabor6259 Khanty and Mansi people are your true brothers, not Poles.

[@girannorbi]

@@LordDamianus if you dont know why we calling each other brothers, just stay quiet.

[@DarkKhagan]

​@@girannorbi Nem tud a 1000 éves barátságról...

[@LordDamianus]

@@girannorbi We have nothing in common. The only thing Poles and Hungarians have in common is pissing off the EU.

[@tigingemici5121]

Hungarian has a magical tune, I love listening just people speak it. It sounds like e poem.

[@christina.69420]

Thank you ! 😘

[@balazskuglicz614]

Here is my favorite hungarian poem kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnPXn2ODdtaZjZI

[@bowendemarc5351]

You should hear us curse 😂😂😂

[@bobnotross2882]

We're all about poetry.

[@zitavattamany9286]

Tigin Gemici really? I always wondered what it sounds like...

[@tisiszabi6432]

English: police Deutsch: Polizei Hrvatski: policija Polish: policja Hungarian: rendőrség

[@Erika-yu9ru]

English: grammar German: grammatik Spanish: gramática Romanian: gramatică Hungarian: *nyelvtan*

[@youtubearkiv7612]

Rëndor, in Albanian means Ordinal. The police in Albanian= Forcat e rendit (the order forces)

[@kornandras]

@@youtubearkiv7612 "Rend" means "order" (the noun; as in the opposite of disorder) in Hungarian. Could be some shared etymology there... but it's so tenuous it's likely just coincidence.

[@youtubearkiv7612]

@@kornandras between Hungarian and Albanian are so many coincidences

[@poycixyz4614]

Guess what: potato = krumpli/burgonya/kolompár

[@MapsCharts]

Sziasztok Franciaországból, csak azt szeretnék mondani, hogy nagyon imadom ezt a nyelvet, ezért tanulok ezt, és őszintén szólva, már láttam nehezebbeket, de nem gyönyörűbbeket ^^

[@Beton507]

Nagyon jól beszélsz Magyarul.:D

[@MapsCharts]

​@@Beton507 Köszi szépen :D De már 1 éve tanulok és gyakran próbálok magyarokkal megbeszélni, így nem túl rossz a magyarom de még mindig sok hibázok

[@leventeczegledi6272]

Bonjour! Je venir d'Hongrie, Je suis tres content que vous aimez l'Hongrie langue. Et je suis désolée pour ma langue mal, j'etudie francais depuis un an, mais ce n'est pas facile parce que je n'ai pas professeur.

[@MapsCharts]

@@leventeczegledi6272 De nagyon jol beszélsz, megértettelek ^^

[@MapsCharts]

@Márk Kátai Kösz a javítást 😊 És igen értettem, már láttam valahol ezt a kifejezést, így köszi szépen :)

[@dannwe123]

I'm already learning Polish but this video made me want to learn Hungarian too 😭 Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki i do szabli, i do szklanki

[@lileyclark]

I really like how he pronounces the words almost perfectly. That's very rare.

[@kornandras]

I wouldn't go that far; he has a noticeable accent (for example, the e's in "ember" are too short and too closed), but yes, he's doing an outstanding job, especially for someone who probably doesn't speak the language at all.

[@krekhta]

I think the "á" parts lacking a bit but except dat ye

[@bogdansfamily368]

I would say almost perfect but yeah.... It's rare

[@saffyaaffy826]

All it takes is listening and a bit of practice

[@nanvas7374]

After some practice the pronunciation is not so complicated due to quasi phonetic writing.

[@xtaz3641]

Speaking hungarian fluently is a real gift. It's a very special and unique language. If you are a writer or a poet you can really appreciate the million ways you have to put your feelings into words.

[@balazskiss985]

not uniq but whole kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3rPZ3WgiZuGask to sail= travel by wind, szél in hungary=wind be szél= in wind, inner wind, wind into beszél=speaks szól=speaks soul with a wounded abc without ó gyó=good your gyó=gyód =good god without gy and ó basileus in greek = king, who is able to speak beszélős= speaker in hungary basil=balázs, balash en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balash en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basileus

[@gigachad4306]

@@balazskiss985 minek írod mindenhova oda?

[@balazskiss985]

@@gigachad4306 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYmtnp-JaJuWaJY

[@adamgosztolai1502]

That’s kinda true for most languages

[@vincehajos-szabo7295]

True words!

[@AlinCBOY]

Hungary is a cool country. :) And the Hungarian is one of the most beautiful languages I.ve ever heard. Greetings from Romania. (Yes; Romania ) Let there be peace! :)

[@fecomate2542]

Glad that you like hungarian :)

[@officialxverzusz]

Let there be peace! (from a Hungry Hungarian)

[@vongilongi]

Roman-Hungarian hatred is over rated. Let there be peace

[@UkuleleHungary]

I agree. Csak oda-vissza!

[@Mehdi-jd4jq]

Peace

[@teklatasi1940]

English: police German: polizei Spanish: polícia French: police Hungarian: R E N D Ő R S É G

[@BenefitCounterbench]

But it actually makes sense: rend (order) + őrség (watchmen) = rendőrség (people who maintain public policy -> police)

[@teklatasi1940]

@@BenefitCounterbench 1. I love your name 2. Yeah but its still wierd

[@botondzoltannagy8849]

Igen! Nyomd a számba a memeket Yes! Push the memes into my mouth

[@bogyahunor]

Azt a kutya mindenit

[@とふこ]

Japanese: keikan ( 警官 ) or the childish form is omawari-san ( お巡りさん ) Eastern languages are all hard and hungarians coming from east.

[@FluffyViviEubulus]

Now I understand why Hungary and Finland are my fav countries, they are bro :'D Love to all the Hungarians from France

[@andrasszollosy4418]

❤️❤️

[@FluffyViviEubulus]

@@andrasszollosy4418

[@Talyxie]

I is Hungarian too

[@justhair17]

The funny thing is that as a hungarian i understand literarly nothing finns say

[@Kimeuu]

Ugyvan bazdmeg xdd

[@uzytkownikgoogle9383]

I love Hungary! 🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺 Greetings from your friend Poland! We'll never forget your help in both world wars!🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱 Hungary is such a great nation❤

[@roli3454]

Love you too

[@danieltyukodi3879]

thanks, but some poland people aren't remember that. The other people of your country just hate us, with fake reasons. But we a little hate your country, because you changed the trianon. Or they changed you.

[@uzytkownikgoogle9383]

@@danieltyukodi3879 nope. I don't know a single Pole that hates Hungary. We all love you, if you don't believe, come here and see

[@danieltyukodi3879]

@@uzytkownikgoogle9383 I know some guys, who likes us. But or the older, or the younger generation hate us or for Merkel's shit, or for the past.

[@robertilles100]

Thanks brother, we suffered the same history and enemies and protected each other always. I'm proud to have such honorable nation to call my brothers and sisters. From Hungary.

[@Zsombi-mk5pz]

Olyan jó látni amikor külföldről csinálnak rólunk videókat! 😀

[@nimeris.]

igaz😁

[@seekroperator5031]

Az tuti

[@sandorsztanek6242]

Nem, de egy szép magyar kifejezéssel élve, ez kurva jó🤣🤣

[@gwendolynpoole2801]

# Zsombi112233 nagyon igaz! 😂

[@NightFox49]

Én ezzel csak egyet tudok érteni! XDXD

[@erikuskussal]

When you are Hungarian and you watch a foreigner video about your own language, best feeling ever. Keep up the good work man!

[@gabimiki4932]

Főleg, ha nem beszél hülyeségeket.

[@trizeem6099]

I think Hungarian is really cool. Greetings from Croatia 😊🇭🇺🇭🇷

[@roli3454]

Cheers!

[@gwendolynpoole2801]

trizeem and I think Croatia is SO AWESOME!!! 😍😍😍 Greetings back from Hungary! :D

[@reketendezso4286]

Thx

[@legoman1798]

Blyat

[@tamaserdelyi6704]

I was in Croatia 4 weeks ago! I had a really nice party near Split. You guys rock! Love you all

[@dendro1366]

hungarian sounds so beautiful. It's easily one of my favourite languages. Looots of love from Greece 🇭🇺❤🇬🇷

[@mateletray8889]

I'm a Hungarian, and I love Greek language and Greece. 🇭🇺🇬🇷

[@bntts]

Dude, in 5th grade my grammer teacher gave me a test. He said a word and I must transform that word into all the 52 possible forms 😂😂😂😂 I'm Hungarian btw but it was tought even to me 😂

[@youraveragetree7456]

Same im hungarian and i was in greece i like greece.❤🇬🇷🇭🇺

[@kovlev5771]

Thanks you im Hungarian too 👌

[@-2zz122]

@@kovlev5771 my two

[@Arjane16]

Been studying in Miskolc, I love how they speak Hungarian.. So sexy. Greeting from Thai student who also loves goulash ❤

[@lolo17gt40]

Phimnara P Do you mean gulyás?😏😂

[@HUNKragor]

@@lolo17gt40 that's the English spelling honey

[@cutenessoverload719]

You like goulash? Marry me.

[@LEK-we2hh]

Phimnara P Gulyas. 😀

[@maxing0475]

Why is it ..... Sexy ????

[@memy4460]

Btw, in Hungary, we don'tsay "the job is done", we say "ott bassza meg, ahol van" and it is beautiful. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kay-or2qy]

yes it is true

[@gordonschmitt2797]

like they say it after yoga: nabaszdmeg!

[@zoltantakacs8401]

Nem azt hanem hogy ott rohadjon meg

[@tokmag88]

Visítok 🤣🤣🤣

[@mellisugahelenae]

Édes anyanyelvünk 😏

[@H2CO3Szifon]

Your Hungarian pronunciation is nagyszerű! :)

[@Ateszika]

Seggnyalo

[@vivalabamremastered4127]

szia

[@k9_adventuresandtraining108]

nagyon is

[@viragbartalos7845]

@@Ateszika Imádom mikor a magadfajta bunkók lejáratják a nemzetünket....

[@Tyongryong]

I was born in Hungary but I’ve been living in the US since I was like 6 months old. Anyways, I didn’t speak Hungarian until I was like 7, and I’m not kidding when I say that the grammar is just too different. The way the sentences are structured and how you connect comparative phrases... whew if you would learn Hungarian as an adult, I’d buckle up cause it’s a very difficult language... Viszont azt szeretem a legjobban a magyarba hogy tényleg nem lehet úgy káromkodni angolul mint magyarul. Meg furcsa volt látni sok magyart a kommentekbe mert nem nagyon szoktam nézni magyar videókat (a komédián kívül) Üdvözlök mindenkit :)

[@evdzsie2611]

Aaron Zihoczky nagyon jól beszélsz magyarul! egyébként magyar is vagy valamennyire vagy csak itt születtél?:)

[@Tyongryong]

evdzsie igen a szüleim Magyarországon nőttek fel. Én Magyarországon születtem, viszont Amerikába nőttem fel és a szüleim keresztül tanultam meg magyarul

[@uno3419]

a magyarBAN, a kommentekBEN, AmerikáBAN

[@Tyongryong]

Holló Lédeczi ahhh a ragokkal mindig bajlódom. Soha nem tudtam őket meg különböztetni :/

[@Tyongryong]

Nyilas Karod oh for sure. It’s a very Complex language and it has so many different variables of sentence structures. You can say the same sentence in so many ways. You can switch around the words and add different endings to them and it’ll still be the same sentence. It’s almost like having infinite possibilities. Knowing the Hungarian language also opens up doors for us to be able to speak and learn other languages quicker than average.

[@MixalisD11_8]

I like Hungarian language. It is hard, but interesting. I hope one day, will visit Budapest, because I have watched videos and is a beautiful city. I hope some time, will start learning Hungarian, Estonian and Finnish! Szeretlek and köszönöm from Görögország (GREECE)!

[@MixalisD11_8]

@64HoTz Unfortunately no.

[@palacsintafank5181]

You are so cute. It feels good and warms my heart. ❤ Greetings, Greece!

[@bbeberlein7518]

Just a heads up: Hungarian is not even comparable to Estonia or Finnish though they are related they have become extremely different

[@goldbeni]

You need to learn this hungarian grammar to visiting because here is the highest procent of population who cant speak any other languages... Saint. = szent Szentség Megszentségtelenít Megszentségteleníthetetlen Megszentségteleníthetetlenség Megszentségteleníthetetlenségesked Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedés Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedései Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitek Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért Yeah i hope its good enough for the first lesson.... And all of theese words make sense!

[@markgorbe]

thanks... It's not the best language. :D

[@Nora77756]

Pont ezért szeretek magyarnak lenni. Imádom a történelmünket és a nyelvünket. És nagyon tetszik ha más országokból emberek ilyen jó dolgokat mondanak rólunk

[@INGUSCHIMAMAEBISILA]

Привет из Алании! Из Венгрии к нам часто ездили наши братья Ясы из Ясшага Ясбернь.

[@fr4g_ut845]

So cool to hear non-hungarians pronounce hungarian words! By the way you did pronounce them awesomely.

[@cathmarieantoinette]

I was in Hungary 16(!) years ago and I felt like everyone was speaking some fantasy language from Tolkien book. :D I remember waiting at border crossing, looking at big map and trying to spell "Magyarország", my brain almost exploded. Hugs from Poland! :)

[@GerMalaz]

Quenya phonolgy is based on finnish, which is somewhat related to hungarian

[@luongo7886]

I was in both Polska and Magyarország and I LOVE both nations! Two very friendly peoples and beautiful cultures. Love and blessings from Vietnam

[@tybofborg]

Try to spell my hometown "Békéscsaba". I once heard a British guy try to say it, his tongue almost exploded :)

[@imjack1041]

cathmarieantoinette Thank you! Hugs from Malta! ( I'm Hungarian, but I live in Malta)

[@imjack1041]

cathmarieantoinette Megszentségteleníthetetlenségeskedéseitekért. It's the most complicated Hungarian word.

[@LaszloPalfi]

Others: What is your superpower? Me: I speak Hungarian :D

[@antaljakab8047]

Szuperhős vagyok! Thanks for dis comment:D

[@raythefroggo794]

Ey ugyanaz a szupererőnk!

[@sollemi1631]

YES BITCH

[@cocola119]

XD

[@evakovacs9706]

The Finns say the same thing.

[@unixlv708]

Suomi on jonkin verran samankuuloinen- ja näköinen. Suomesta löytyy vahva taipuminen, vokaalisointu ja suffiksit. Olen kiinnostunut unkarin kielestä ja harkitsen sen opiskelemisen aloittamista. I was just speaking Finnish, I don't know if anyone understood it :D. Lots of love from Finland ♥️🇭🇺

[@drako_balu]

Kiitos! Have a good luck with the hungarian :) Sok szeretettel, Magyarországból :)

[@pinkpanther5195]

A finn és a magyar nyelvnek semmi köze nincs egymáshoz. Sok sikert a nyelvtanuláshoz!

[@Moneyaddthenmultiply]

Hungarian grammar is so logical. I'm learning it and it makes sense to me. I cannot write fluently yet but I just started. It's a very scientific and beautiful language.

[@MrMagyarDemon]

Köszönjük! :) Keep up the good work!

[@arigabou]

PeeyanoKeys almost every word in pronounciation the same as its spelling

[@viktoriaradvanyi628]

good for you. I'm a native and I don't understand jackshit about this grammar. I think natives (especially in everyday situations) mess it up frequently :))

[@carwrapsupplier354]

Reading your comment I thought of a book written about the Hungarian language and the logic built into it. I think you would really enjoy this book: A Magyar nyelv mint Útikönyv az élet nevű túrához bookline.hu/product/home.action?_v=_&type=22&id=115904

[@ferenccseh4037]

Very well! :D

[@TimohaNorveg]

I visited Hungary in December 2019...such a beautiful country with nice people. Üdvözlet Oroszországból 🇭🇺🇷🇺

[@davidmajor7336]

We are love your country too.

[@ad_teamtmvod4784]

и тебе привет из Венгрии :)

[@Gecica8883]

@@yes3495 Happy potato noises XD

[@tundetokes6927]

Omg! I like Russia so much! But... I wasn't there... But I'm so glad!

[@datszalami8689]

Im from Hungary and

[@kornelmeszaros6650]

Te tetted e tettetett tettet te tettetett tettek tettese te.This is a grammatically correct and meaningful sentence.

[@puffcatco]

''You did this pretentious act you pretended to do''

[@figliodellestelle22]

Lol do you use this as a tongue twist?

[@nyne9997]

In finnish it would aproximately be Te teitte tämän teetetyn teon, te teetettyjen tekojen tekijä. That's a lot of similarities btw

[@somajeviczki6688]

@@figliodellestelle22 jeah

[@christina.69420]

Ahh a kedvenc mondatom😁

[@glassism.8461]

Oh man you said 'magyar' so perfectly Most English people bad at pronunciation

[@tarkatan971]

I love that gy sound. Feels magical

[@jannovotny4797]

@@tarkatan971 = [ɟ] (aka the "voiced palatal stop"

[@darkacadpresenceinblood]

Mindig azt mondják madzsar :D

[@zephyrna6249]

You're literally the only non Native Hungarian speaker I've ever heard that managed to pronounce over 70% of the phrases right.

[@szelgorcs]

He pronounced the letter gy better than I ever heard from a non-native speaker

[@martond336]

99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999% **

[@lizardperson780]

@@marinahuizar6067 what are you talking about? It sounded spot on to me

[@Annatomova7]

I love Hungary and its language 😃 it's such a fascinating country. I'm from Bulgaria btw. Red-white-green team! 🇭🇺 💖 🇧🇬

[@evakovacs9706]

Many peoples in the "neighbourhood" do appreciate the different languages. I always want to maintain original languages, as it bears so much of a people's life, historical experiences and outlook in general and on the world. I know that I see things differently than North Americans do.

[@Annatomova7]

@@evakovacs9706 I completely agree with you! I grew up in the US and it annoys me how people don't care about harritage and culture anymore.

[@davidmajor7336]

We are love your country too :)

[@marklucskai4283]

Csak szereted a Magyar nyelvet és a Magyarokat, vagy értessz is Magyarul?😂😂✌️

[@ForageGardener]

Bulgaria is so incredibly beatuful. It looks just like the PNW of oregon, but facing a sea the opposite direction, and mountains opposite! :)

[@NativLang]

Oh, Hungarian... I was more ready for your grammar than your sounds. May my art make up for any pronunciation quirks!

[@camiloo.zapata2339]

NativLang Please do one historical video of the german lenguage

[@zoltanpataki]

Don't worry, you did pretty well with the pronanciation. Nagyon ügyes voltál ;)

[@ashutoshmohan6409]

Do you have plans to make videos on Dravidian languages?

[@algi1]

The other thing is that you can dare to pronounce vowels with an open mouth. We usually talk slower to sound out vowels in a more understandable way. (Which makes dubbing movies hard, because everyone else already said a whole word while we pronounce one syllable.) We also try to sound out every sound, we don't drop H in otthonok for example.

[@algi1]

Oh, did my first comment not went through? So, the "first" thing I tried to comment was that the only big problem I hear about your pronounciation is that in Hungarian the accentuation in a word always falls on the first syllable.

[@senorkaktusz5940]

And he didn't even talk about how creatively and fluently can we curse someone/something

[@istvanmiko4082]

hmmm... what do you think can be the longest hungarian rant filled with just sware words?

[@Kay-or2qy]

@@istvanmiko4082 It would be soooo long ... I am not even trying Sometimes I just stand and swear for like 2 minitues without repeating a sewar word

[@vivientakacs5599]

Cuz there is no way it can be translated lol

[@grindyy1094]

@@istvanmiko4082 uhh... i could say atleast 15 versions of "f you" without even thinking, and i'm not even the person who swears the most.

[@fxy4252]

This is a grammatically correct sentence in hungary: Te tettetted e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese.

[@Gekkokad]

Te tetted-e e tettetett tettet, te tettetett tettek tettese, te!

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

Hmmmm I'm inclined to believe you since to me it all sounds like chickens coocking. Lol sorry. When I would go in the metro I heard a lot of Ke Ke kekeke tetete te so weird to me

[@fxy4252]

@@bulletsfordinner8307 I have no idea what you meant but ok.

[@bulletsfordinner8307]

@@fxy4252 I lived in Budapest for a while and the language sounded weird to me. A lot of 'Ke kekeke kekeke and tetete te'

[@fxy4252]

@@bulletsfordinner8307 some exaples: ezekkel, kék, kékkel, kékek, te, tettetted, tettes, keksz, tetszik, kettő. There are more than that, but I think it is way too much.

[@jaskapenttila7644]

Finland, Estonia, Hungary: Exists* Everyone else: Wtf is going on over there?!

[@azerefendizade6017]

LMAO

[@ferenccseh4037]

Lel

[@palacsintafank5181]

Lol😂

[@szelgorcs]

And those other Uralic languages in Russia? Well, the Russians don't want them to exist...

[@ganzmavag]

LÖL

[@gJonii]

As a Finn I've always looked for an excuse to learn this language. It's fun seeing foreign language that does things Properly, and not like those darn indoeuropean languages you find in every cornershop. We need more cases and more agglutination

[@gfarkas123]

Finns do it the proper way. I have an Estonian friend, he learned our Hungarian language in half a year, practically perfectly (here in the land). Yeah, he makes some mistakes when he follows the common logic where the language makes an exception.

[@evakovacs9706]

Haha, true enough! It is very precise on who is doing the action, or whose "hat" this is, etc. Yes, a unique language. There were other agglutinative languages in antiquity, say, Sumerian, and who knows what others.

[@calypsodream8059]

@@gfarkas123 Oh I am a Hungarian-born expat and I make mistakes in my mother tongue all of the time, bazdmeg.

[@baatyr9430]

@MC King Korean language also.

[@gJonii]

@James Smith It is unfortunately the lingua franca of the world. I would forget about it if I could, but unfortunately I can't.

[@gaborfuzi2195]

i like how you actually took the time to learn the prononciations of everything, not like some others. Also, great video!

[@Bloodray19]

I am Hungarian, and i was smiling during the entire video :D It's a really cool unique way, how you pronounce words, but surprisingly good. Keep on the good work :)

[@jackdavid560]

Szabó Arthur Énis xdd

[@tibik.8407]

Yep (:

[@masodlagosfiok1907]

Bojler eladó! :D (amúgy ez angolul hogy helyes?)

[@tibik.8407]

"Boiler for sale!", asszem.

[@masodlagosfiok1907]

Knife Penge Köszikeeeee :3

[@thebel89]

Finland loves you Hungary! We are the weirdos in Europe.

[@MrToast-kg1wi]

We love you back, weirdo brother

[@bekirgulle3997]

We too from Turkey

[@carron979]

you are much more than Hungary!!! In Finland a few hunters made their Altaic language last since thousends of years despite invasion by Caucasians, while Hungary speaks an Altaic language since just a couple of centuries because many Caucasians farmers were conquered by a few Asian hunters

[@juuljuulsiwa6247]

Also estonia

[@sajtenci5074]

Dash Mandalay na jó ez azért wow.

[@tamasfarago7211]

Látom nem én vagyok az egyetlen magyar aki ilyeneket néz I see I'm not the only Hungarian who watch videos like that

[@LaszloVondracsek]

Nem, igazan!

[@jozsefborok8688]

hát nem :)

[@fredi50]

Persze hogy nem :D

[@herr_eissen]

HAZUGSÁÁG

[@nv2658]

jah,vagyunk egy páran :D

[@kb1996]

My mother's family were ethnic Germans born in Hungary for generations. I grew up hearing German being spoken but then Hungarian when the discussions became serious in nature!

[@gallantascent6692]

Hungarians always fascinate me for being so unique in Europe and, so interesting. Greetings from Germany! :)

[@prenumererapapewdiepie5343]

Tell me about it! They must feel powerful with that language. Eine unmögliche sprache!!

[@akif160]

Hungarian here, My family is Hungarian but we live in german and there is a shocking amount of Hungarians here tbh Also thanks :3

[@eszter_ljk]

Das ist voll nett von dir! Ich bin auch Ungarin, aber ich wohne in Deutschland seit paar Jahren. 😊 Mich täte es interressieren, wie die ungarische Sprache sich für fremde Ohren anhörr. Ich kann halt alles verstehen, so macht es kein Spass zuzuhören. 😄 Sonst, vielleicht ist die ungarische eine schöne Sprache, aber vollkommen nutzlos, da nur wenige Leute sie verstehen können. 😄 Ich beneide eher die Engländer, dass sie mit einer Weltsprache geboren sind.

[@eszterkovacs908]

Thank you in the name of Hungary Also Germany is really cool ^w^

[@markdoszpoth3409]

Germany and hungary has a history together but usualy hungary dont make it to historycal class in school love from hungary btw XD

[@Hasiian]

Im a simple Pole.. i see Hungarian i press like

[@kriszhun-cf6gg]

Respect

[@stefanmiklos2695]

I have the same reaction to Poles :) Polak Venger 2 bratanki i do szabli i do szklanki ... ;-)

[@jdsflk2792]

Hasian_Senpai magyar, lengyel két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát!

[@officialxverzusz]

(GASP) A MAN OF QUALITY!

[@greekfountain9303]

Yay, polish brothers and sisters we love you! I’m hungarian btw

[@oliverdillon6896]

I did a year abroad in Hungary, and still speak some Hungarian. It is truly the coolest language. It even changes the way you think and speak English. Thank you for the great video!

[@greg4272]

Wow! that's interesting! You say Hungarian language changes the way one thinks. So true! I experience this from the back side, being a native Hungarian, living in England. Yes, I still think Hungarian, and find it hard sometimes to express that way of thinking in English.

[@gigikontra7023]

@@greg4272 Look how close Hungarian and Kazakh languages are: (1) contract/agreement - szerződés - Шарт ;. (2) tent - sátor - шатыр ; (3) apple - alma - алма; (4) mother - anya - ана; (5) father - apa - әке; (6) lake - tó - көл; (7) blue - kék - көк; (8) fruit - gyümölcs - жеміс; (9) border - határ - шекара; (10) maiden - szűz - қыз; (11) calf - borjú - бұзау; (12) baby - szivi - сәби; (13) hen - tyúk - тауық; (14) to drink - iszik - ішу; (15) dead - holt - өлі; (16) wind - szél - жел; (17) cradle - bölcső - бесік

[@joesiciliano2063]

@@greg4272 English speakers need to learn foreign languages in order to understand how grammar functions. In the past, this was done through the study of Latin ( and ancient Greek ) but it's more natural and more fun to learn German, for example, or Russian - and why not, even Hungarian ?

[@manyakkedi6972]

We have vowel harmony also in Turkish, that's the heart of the language. And yes, we also add all suffixes at the end of the word. We have long long words by agglungation. Magyar Nyelv, you're not alone.

[@orclefalk0n465]

England: Book Denmark: Bog Germany: Buch Afrikaans: Boek Hungary: *_KÖNYV_*

[@pawepisiewicz6317]

Poland książka

[@acsalagi]

@@pawepisiewicz6317 magyar: utca, (ulice?); kulcs (Klucs?); kabát (kabátá?) kacsa (kacska?) padlás (paddásá?) meg rengeteg hasonló szó van, csak oda kell figyelni

[@pawepisiewicz6317]

@@acsalagi Barátom, nem értem magyarül :(

[@acsalagi]

@@pawepisiewicz6317 kabát = kapota lapát = lapota kacsa = kaczka padlás = poddasze kavács = kova meg sok más rengeteg szó, csak oda kell figyelni!!!

[@compleatsheep1190]

Bazdmeg

[@mgy1438]

Hungarian: *talks about trees * Every human who can talk English: *laugh heavily*

[@mgy1438]

@Gabor P fakanál

[@petmop1309]

Wood circle in hungarian is fakör Pronounced as fucker ;) Fakanál is pronounced as fuckanal and means wooden spoon

[@tofikk]

I’m Polish and I love the sound of Hungarian!

[@zoltankiss1533]

@@akif160 xdddd, csak rá ne keressen Google fordítón lol

[@zoltankiss1533]

Btw I'm Hungarian and I LOVE the sound of Polish

[@akif160]

@@zoltankiss1533 XD ja

[@alpakapucuf3394]

Oh and i so hate slavic languages... no offense you talk crappy

[@zoltankiss1533]

@@alpakapucuf3394 naw I think its so good

[@YszapHun]

As a Hungarian I appreciate very few things about my country's history, but my (our) language is one of the most beautiful gifts it has to offer. It is versatile, logical (although admittedly very unconventional for foreigners) and has it's own set of rules which can be bent for convenience. There are hundereds of ways to compose the same sentence which writers and musicians can exploit as a tool. How you speak Hungarian represents a bit of who you are!

[@kristofkurucz5196]

I'm Romanian and I love Hungary just like my own country! Greetings Hungary! :)

[@andihajdu5418]

CyndusSky esti un foarte bun om bro 🙌🏻

[@k9_adventuresandtraining108]

well romania used to belong to hungary so

[@kristofkurucz5196]

@@k9_adventuresandtraining108 no, you are wrong. Romania didn't use to belong to Hungary. :D But please, nobody is talking about politics.

[@kdk856]

sandy the dog romania is independent. romania is eastern romance country, unique, meanwhile hungarians come from mongolia and northern china desert and sinkiang.

[@majorosmateka9083]

XDDDD

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Learning Hungarian is on my bucket list, I'll get to it when I'm Finnished.

[@lukacsaakos5905]

Im just saying, dont because its lot of years to learn

[@TheTiredBard]

Pun intended?

[@ayoutubecommenter7494]

Heh, when it's on your bucket list, better to prepare death and start to learn it or you'll never be able to learn it before die :D

[@matyasnagy8199]

I got the joke tho

[@gabor6259]

Interestingly enough bucket list is 'bakancslista' in Hungarian. 'Lista' means list but 'bakancs' is boot(s).

[@SilverSerpent705]

Congrats for your "gy" sound! Most non-Hungarians can't really pronounce it, and say "madzsar" instead, you did very well.

[@ashtarbalynestjar8000]

Spanish has it, although we don’t really think of it as a separate phoneme. The letter "y" is usually a palatal approximant like the Hungarian "j", but when it comes after an "n", it’s strengthened to your "gy" sound. There’s also a palatal lateral sound, spelled "ll", that almost nobody preserves anymore. In the same way that Hungarian "ly" merged into "j", Spanish "ll" merged into "y". Some example words containing the voiced palatal stop are "enyesar" (to plaster), "inyección" (injection), "conllevar" (to entail) and "cónyuge" (spouse).

[@pisti7252]

Anna, mindent tud... Simán mondja az ékezetes magánhangzókat is :D

[@contradriverESP]

Ashtăr Balynestjăr Realmente la aproximante lateral palatal sí que se preserva todavía en dialectos de los Andes. Y en España conviven ésta, el yeísmo y una mezcla de ambas, que es la que hablo yo personalmente. Muchas veces digo la palabra «ya» como «ia», y «llano» como un yeísta diría. En Andalucía es frecuente escucharlo así.

[@xCaptainChloex]

yes, i agree

[@_ezolee1965]

The non-hungarians says the gy "gi"

[@vali8343]

De jó hallani, olvasni azt hogy mások milyen különlegesnek nézik ezt a nyelvet!😁

[@ltheh]

Én nem szeretek magyar lenni, de a nyelvünk tényleg brutálisan különleges.

[@kovacsfelix6418]

Én röhögtem a kiejtésén xd

[@kotzka4626]

@@kovacsfelix6418 Jó nem magyar az biztos, de meglepően jó a kiejtése.

[@kattilathehun3115]

Excellent pronunciation for not being Hungarian..way to go!!

[@akhihitochakma1285]

Kattila the hun nice sister of Attila

[@xCaptainChloex]

well, it can be improved..but no doubt, it was very breathtaking.

[@ColonelKlink100]

Seems like a logical language. I like it and I like the way it sounds.

[@BCsenge97]

Then start to learn it! :D It will be tough tho but if you once understand the logic of it, it will be fun

[@1234kalmar]

I'd say, to me speaking english is like using building blocks, easy to handle, effective. Hungarian is like veawing a tapestry. Tat's how it feels kinda. i love both languages.

[@sazji]

1234kalmar A similar comparison I read that compared English to Turkish, said that English was like a dry stone wall, whereas Turkish was like a brick wall held together with grammatical "mortar".

[@macskasbogre133]

Celine StClair Would you like to hear about vowel and consonant harmony?

[@bb2tempo1]

Congratulation to your talent in noticing the natural logic of Hungarian! Start with simple basics my friend, I'm happy to teach you!

[@boryanlazarov1475]

Hungarians, you are not alone! Love from Bulgaria! : )

[@ddoomsday7313]

Restore the stepp culture I dont like the post-Kievi east-eu and Balkán. From hungary. :-)

[@boryanlazarov1475]

Balkan culture is quite good!

[@gabrielorosz6756]

i"ve met a bulgarian boy during my college years - we"ve taked long during evenings with lot of curiosity about each others unknown culture , more decades later in emigration i"ve met a bulgarian girl living abroad and surprised me her curiosty to ask the teacher to explain the things abot Gurdieff in greater detail greetins Bro from a Hungarian in Northern Carpats .

[@boryanlazarov1475]

It seems we were very close, neatly one people, since time immemorial. We fought with China and moved west to Europe together, and at that time we must have spoken a similar oghuric language, but nowasays our languages are torally different. Although with many turan words, today Bulgarian language is in the group of Slavonic languages!

[@gabrielorosz6756]

@我是fraçias fro the Northern Karpats recently iIKNOW THAT Many cultureds lived before inthis region recent inhabuitans beforelivimg artworks in ground behind -sorry that many young people are moving from villages Save enoujh money for returning later to origins as I did

[@piroshky]

As a Hungarain I loved this video! It is simply an amazing feeling to see not hungarian youtubers making videos about Hungary! Oh also, hungarian is probably the only language you can curse for hours without saying the same words. Magyarként nagyon szerettem ezt a videót! Nagyszerű érzés látni , hogy nem magyar videósok készítenek videókat Magyarországról!

[@MegaMementoMori]

When I was on an Erasmus exchange in Finland, one of my professors told us why Hungarian and Finnish were similar. There once was a group of nomads that travelled through Europe. They once saw a signpost reading "to the south you will find great climate, good wines and plenty of peoples to pillage". Some of the nomads could read, and they became known later as Hungarians XD

[@jefflanam]

When the Finns and Hungarians split apart on the way to Europe, the Finns took the vowels and the Hungarians the consonants.

[@KolonE]

try to communicate with finns who speak like "aa juu kyllähä mä ymmärrä to iha kokonaa ku minä oon tämmöne tietäjä joka tullee pätemmää joka heleveti asiaa" :DDDDDDDDDDD

[@cyndie26]

At least Hungarian isn't a Choisan language.

[@vulc1]

If your professor really did say Hungarian and Finnish are similar, (s)he was ignorant or possibly plain stupid. Hungarian and Finnish are not similar at all. Related, yes, but not similar.

[@cyndie26]

It seems as though learning Russian may be a walk in the park compared to learning Hungarian.

[@dezsovince966]

yeah, my favourite word is still: Árvíztűrőtükörfúrógép

[@rednutr.8346]

Mine is " megszentségteleníthetet-lenségeskedéseitekért." That's a real word!

[@dezsovince966]

@@rednutr.8346 Yeah i know, but we don't really use it.

[@rednutr.8346]

@@dezsovince966 yah you're right

[@piciManaska]

Mek halok mi ez a szó Ez már felér egy straßenbahnhaltestelleinsel -el

[@dezsovince966]

@@piciManaska Az mit jelent? Villamos megálló, vagy valami hasonló? Már berozsdásodott a németem. ;)

[@DytoxPrime]

Now, im a simple Pole, i see Hungary you know the rest

[@hapcimorgo]

Polak Weiger dwa bratanki! Greeting from Hungary brother

[@robertilles100]

We still hold the tradition and moral against the globalist sick west. We both suffered from the same enemies in history and right now. Together we can survive this insane ideology war.

[@rocketqueen9887]

You click ^^ heheh greetings from Hungary

[@robertilles100]

I think the only hope if we leave the Eu. I have no family, so I'm buying a sailboat and go away from this madness to Asia.

[@Indipender]

Lengyel magyar két jó barát. Együtt issza egymás borát. Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do bitki, i do szklanki

[@CRO_Bash95]

I've visited Hungary in January of 2020, will definitely go there again once this covid crisis ends. Thing with hungarian is that it sounds so intimidating when a male speaks it, but when a girl speaks it... I fall in love, it simply sounds musical and lovely

[@sandorharaszti4359]

Have you listened Swedish metal music? That is intimidating but very awesome

[@CRO_Bash95]

@@sandorharaszti4359 I've been to hungary because i went to Sabaton concert, so yeah, i love swedish metal music 🤘

[@sandorharaszti4359]

@@CRO_Bash95 one of the best bands and music.

[@suzumutsu]

I'm Hungarian and it's so good to read all these kind comments! ❤️ Also, a lot of you said the Hungarian language is beautiful, and I'm so curious what would it sound like if I didn't understand it🤔

[@suzumutsu]

@@akif160 Köszönjük az értelmes hozzászólást, nagyon tanulságos, remekül bemutatja az érettséged (:

[@samuraikun915]

Szerintem is furcsa lenne ha Nem ertenen a Magyart, ps. Bocsesz Nem tudok joll irni magyarul mert 8 evesen jottem angliaba 😂

[@rebekanickell8451]

@@samuraikun915 en is új jártam, elég szomorú, mert én nem vagyok egy igazi Amerikai de én már nem vagyok teljes magyar sem.😢

[@affinity9481]

Same here

[@ucjapecuch9094]

Hungarian sounds to me like a language of orks from lord of the rings 😂 sorry

[@lucifertheman1]

The Hungarians aren't alone, they have us Poles ;) Czesc mezczyzni I kobiety.

[@sued_]

Lets drink some wine ay?

[@dasokeii9635]

:) ❤️

[@zoltankiss1533]

@@sued_ és a pálinka???

[@sued_]

@@zoltankiss1533 Az is jó de a bor a formálisabb

[@allegoryofthecave8064]

Poles are Slavic traitors, worked together with Hungarians/Austrians against Ukrainians and South Slavs.

[@yaku888]

My great grandfather is from hungary and have surname Rákóczi. His family come to Poland in XIX century and stay here to this day. :) Polak, Węgier - dwa bratanki Lengyel, Magyar - két jó barát ! :)

[@madking9546]

Pumtalin Omg you are probably part of Ferenc Rákóczy's family. You should look it up

[@jljljl1820]

Man you REALLY should look your family tree up

[@Murmarine]

Mate... you do realize that the Rákoczi family fougth for Hungarys freedom rigth? You should look more into this.

[@tiszaibalazs9255]

OMG MAN Its look like u from a Hungarian nobile family 😀

[@soy-ghoul]

Hungarian is so cool. Much love from Bulgaria 🇧🇬❤🇭🇺

[@csin8743]

As a Hungarian, I can say Our language really is weird

[@oliver2888]

Még a magyarok se beszélik rendesen

[@space_fox12]

@@oliver2888 az jo

[@faizy6037]

@@oliver2888 amugy ja

[@ArnoXBT]

Not weird, beautiful!

[@flashybtw7866]

I speak hungarian and english

[@karlhanks1967]

I only know one Hungarian word and that is "bazdmeg", my Hungarian friends told me it's a very polite way to greet someone older and more respected to you. Also anyone wearing a vest reading "rendorseg" is a civil happiness-volunteer, men and women devoted to talking to foreigners, and to definitely greet them with "bazdmeg" preferably while drunk. 😁😌 Hungarians are so helpful

[@dorinabovari694]

"Bazdmeg" means "fuck you" And "rendőrség" means "police" Sorry to disappoint you

[@karlhanks1967]

@@dorinabovari694 here we witness the Hungarian sense of humour. Non-existant. Thanks though, really really, i thought they were such nice things.

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

@Monica Palmer ...Google on KZbin: "Monty Python, Hungarian phrasebook"... 😉😉

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

@@karlhanks1967 ...I don't know about non-existent humor of Hungarians... ...my Dad was from Hungary, and such instances of mistranslation (deliberate or truly accidental) were a source of great amusement to him when he would encounter them, although he would never play such a joke on unsuspecting persons, even with what could be best described as an impish sense of humor... ... however, there is a Monty Python sketch that had him LAUGH OUT LOUD instead of the usual impish chuckle... ..."Hungarian phrase book" is the name of sketch, and I would invite you to look it up on KZbin, as I do believe you might find it somewhat amusing... ...Nagy, Nagy, wink, wink... (worst pun of an Hungarian surname, ...ever!). 😄😉👍🇭🇺

[@Diffuse88]

Its written as 'baszd meg' but no1 really use in the correct way anymore 😁 slowly slowly hungarians ruin the language with these 'kurvafasza' slangs.

[@JarkkoHietaniemi]

As a Finn I am waiting "when is the weird complex stuff coming"?

[@viragbartalos7845]

This is the first video that I watched from you, and dude, hats down! I always have a hard time explaining my non-hungarian friends that how does our language work, and I think that I'll use your video from now on. I haven't watched your other videos yet but relying on this one I can tell that you are one of those who put a lot of effort into making them. You earned a 🇭🇺magyar🇭🇺 subscriber, keep it up!

[@Vincent171090]

"Arpad!" - the best part

[@AndrewHUN]

XD Yes

[@Annkhes]

Like a pokemon saying his own name

[@Liggliluff]

Wasn't it Árpád?

[@YdenPL]

I'm a simple Polish man I see Hungary, i press like and say "Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki"

[@Uhzard]

Lengyel-magyar két jó barát, együtt harcol s issza borát, vitéz s bátor mindkettője, áldás szálljon mindkettőre Polak, Węgier, dwa bratanki, i do szabli, i do szklanki, oba zuchy, oba żwawi, niech im Pan Bóg błogosławi.

[@simonk.4338]

dadziokPL magiars are slavic enemies!!!

[@foshitoshi9808]

why?

[@deltoroperdedor3166]

Mr.warlaci Gott mit uns!

[@augustkravtsov]

@Simon K. There are no enemies in Europe, we are one big family.

[@TerrestrialExtraTerrestrial]

As a hungarian and a linguistics enthusiast this video tickles my brain just right. Id like to add that every word is stressed on the first syllable invariably, so that makes part of the pronunciation easier for foreigners at least XD

[@missylissy200]

I'm Hungarian and I must say, you have a great Hungarian pronunciation! I really enjoyed this video.

[@thisusername7824]

You have one of the best hungarian prounoucations I have heard from foreign speakers.

[@Angelica-gt6rz]

Basque is oddly similar to Hungarian, even though all they supposedly share is that they are both non-Indoeuropean. It is also an agglutinative language, with 17 cases and quite a few compounded others. They are both surrounded by completely different languages... the similarities are more than they appear, from having multiple words for “brother” and “sister” to making plural forms adding different vowels and a -k. Let’s take the word wonderful “nagyszerü” (forgive me for not finding the correct u on the keyboard) In Basque we say “zoragarria” literally: which drives one crazy Zoro: crazy Garri: with the quality of making you (whatever comer before) -a: definite article Zorragarri: wonderful Zoragarria: wonderful thing (definite) Zoragarriak: wonderful things Zoragarriok close wonderful things, our wonderful things These 3 above can all be declined differently, I am not going to do that because we would never end. Some examples that appeared in the video but with Basque: Zoragarriri: to a wonderful one Zoragarriari: to the wonderful one Zoragarriei: to the wonderful ones Zoragarrioi: to these wonderful ones Zorragarrirako: for the wonderful one (when it’s inanimate) Zoragarriarentzat: for the wonderful one (animate) Zoragarriarentzako: (same as the one above but emphasised) Zoragarriago: more wonderful (indefinite) Zoragarrien: most wonderful (indefinite) Zoragarrienetarikoa: one of the most wonderful This list could go on forever. As I said before, Basque is also an agglutination language, but verbs do not tend to be just as long because the true issue here are the auxiliary verbs, which carry all the information. An example: jakin (to know, known) - there are no true infinitives in Basque Jakin: to know, known Dakit: I know something Dakizkit: I know more than mine thing Jakinarazi: to make others know, to report Jakinarazi dizut: I have informed you (formal, singular) DI: one object [Acc] ZU: to you [Dat] T: I [Nom] Now with a longer example: Jakinarazi zeniezazkidaketen: you (plural) could have informed me about those things Little by little: ZEN: you in the past [Nom] I: shows there is [Dat] EZA: [Acc] object (something) ZKI: makes the object plural DA: [Dat] to me KE: Shows potential mood, to be able to TE: Makes you plural, just ZEN would be singular N: Past tense for the whole sentence I am sure there are longer verbs, but I believe this one makes it easy to see that Basque adds both to the verb itself and to the auxiliary, especially to the latter, leading to mostly shorter words than Hungarian. Again, thank you so so much for these videos. You show you really are informed and inform us in an incredibly entertaining way. I hope this information about the Basque language (euskara) is useful to someone. On the whole, it just makes me happy to see that even though it is a language isolate, we are not alone, for there are relatively similar languages out there, maybe not so much grammatically but emotionally, since due to their well-known difficulty not many people study them. Well guys it’s not difficulty, it’s just called difference. In the Basque Country, it is not being born here what makes you Basque, but speaking the language, no matter where you live. This is probably why it has survived, and could most possibly be why Hungarian is alone surrounded by totally different languages. Basque, or, Euskaldun(a) literally means “the one who owns the Basque language” Again, thank you so so much (Eskerrik asko bihotz-bihotzez)

[@TikoVerhelst]

This is why I love the comment section of linguistic video's.

[@dorzsboss]

Interesting. Are there any genetic report who the basque people relative to?

[@brianhammer5107]

There is no relationship whatsoever with Basque. Basque is a language isolate, with no known link to any other language (although in ancient times their neighbors in northwestern Hispania probably spoke a related language, now long-dead and forgotten; at the time of the Roman colonization of Hispania, it was already realized that the Basques spoke a language like no other.) When you hear these "similarities" between the Magyar language and the Basque language, it's just coincidence. In linguistics, this is found many, many times between unrelated languages. Languages are found to be related by appying a technique known as "comparative linguistics," which is done by professionals. Amateur attempts at guessing relations between languages - while often hilariously amusing - are just so much fluff.

[@har-binger7645]

in this essay op will

[@gabor6259]

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Angelica. I have a question, do Basques want be independent from Spain?

[@szvetlanabujtas3031]

Thank you for taking time to make a video of our language. :)

[@whitherwhence]

"Lead by Árpád" "Árpád" I love it!

[@arpadpihes]

The Doctor. simply The Doctor. I laughed at that too look at my name 😄

[@trainervodkiuletz2261]

You mean Led by Arpad

[@F0nkyNinja]

HOLY ARPAD

[@nagys36snn]

Led* De ja tényleg menő

[@kouldbanyone4983]

Bah hahahahahaha!!

[@vatatvi]

I feel smart now for being able to speak my native tongue 😂❤️

[@nimeris.]

same😂

[@youtubearkiv7612]

Hungarian have connections with Albanian gheg dialect Hungarian Úr (good), Alb Ôrë means the godes, fairy ect... Reggeli (morning) Gjelli, alb gheg means the sun. Pekseg (bred) pjek(Alb)=Bake, Shegj (Alb gheg) = heat. Hoseg=Heat, Shegj or zhegj (alb gheg)=heat Tej=milk, thejth (alb gheg)= Suck (the mother's milk) Sir= grave, çirr (alb gheg) ( cry on the funeral, painful crying) Meghal= dead. U Meka (Alb gheg) my breath stopped. Kiraly=king, krâj (alb gheg) head Édes= sweet, e desha(Alb)= i loved it Kez= Hand. ke zân (gheg)=you grab it Comb= thigh, Kôm (gheg) legs. Kôfsh= thigh Tenger= Sea. Tan gjan (gheg) great width Eso= Rain. Shi=Rain Ect.. ect... the Hungarian language is not isolated as this video says. it is an ancient language that was not Latinised .such languages ​​in Europe have very little left. after Prussian oppression by Teutonic knights. the Pre Roman languages ​​remain only; Albanian, Scots Gaelic, Hungarian, Basque

[@vatatvi]

@@youtubearkiv7612 thanks for the info! I think one or two of those translations are a little off but that's fine.

[@youtubearkiv7612]

@@vatatvi g=GJ, C=K, S=Sh U=O, J=I The letters are different, but the sound the same between languages Also your surname VATA, Vataj, Vatë it's an old Albanian (pagan) name 😂🙈😂 I swear it's true

[@levix4337]

Me too

[@BROWNMEDIA]

Hello from Hungary! :) Your pronunciation is very perfect! :) Congratulations! :)

[@NativLang]

Thank you!

[@bnei]

Oh, Hi Barna! I guess I found you!

[@dubline93]

Why say the pronunciation is perfect when it's just understandable? Good effort though NativLang, it's not against you.

[@elnod]

It's certainly not perfect but it's better than most English speakers' pronunciation

[@zepwafels]

Its suprisingly good, best pronounciation I've heard from a foreginer.

[@tamasloso7322]

I love reading the comments on these types of videos, no matter the language, people are so nice :D its so wholesome to see the love and positivity.

[@dorime9921]

Just add the word "bazdmeg" to any sentence and all Hungarian will understand it.

[@evakovacs9706]

Well, yes, but certainly when I was a child I never heard it. No one in my family swore like that. But in Toronto, in a doctor's waiting office, I head people speaking Hungarian and one of them referred to that part of a horse's anatomy which is also used as swearing. I was so surprised that I asked "who said that?"It turned out to be the doctor I was waiting to see, and I heard him chuckle to another man --both in white lab coats--and say "This is how it is when a Hungarian is in the office. I found the an uncombed, not wanting to listen, looking as though he stole the lab coat, and he had an empty face. That was first and last visit, and not because of the swearing. It was his whole attitude.

[@sloweny2086]

Jó a neved xddd

[@tundetokes6927]

Aww man....

[@MrUsingb]

A bazd meg-et külön írjuk

[@pegasoltaeclair0611]

@@MrUsingb akkor tegyük helyre most már: külön és 'sz' betűvel kell írni.

[@avatara82]

As a Finnish native Hungarian sounds logical language to me 😊

[@renesaxer5828]

I'm a native speaker of German and I have to say this is language is as beautiful as it is interesting. Ein Hoch auf die ungarische Sprache!^^

[@eriknagy159]

ich bin ein ungarische und ich kann ein venig deutsche spercehn

[@Nonoo1209]

Seit 7 Jahren lebe ich in Deutschland kam aus Ungarn hierher und finde die deutsche Sprache nicht schwer. Alles ist logisch aufgebaut, man braucht zwar ein Gefühl, aber ist nicht unbedingt notwendig. Mittlerweile ist es so, wenn ich wieder daheim bin (Ungarn) fallen mir manche Worte schneller auf Deutsch ein als auf Ungarisch. Das kann richtig verwirrend sein haha. Es war schön zu lesen, dass jemand unsere Sprache schön und interessant findet.

[@bbeberlein7518]

Once a visitor from the US came to us in Hungary and said that some sounds in the language didn’t even sound like human noises

[@bbeberlein7518]

AsiA I. Yeah they are only one of the biggest economies with very high living standards making big strides to improve the world not to mention that Germans are typically busy and responsible. Yeah truly nothing good to say

[@puffcatco]

ik versta alles hier van ook al ben ik nederlands

[@kymdaee]

i really love how he nailed that "a magyar nyelv" perfectly. "gy"

[@gyozokondri7325]

My name is, start with "gy" "Győző" .

[@y43m]

Actually vowel harmony and agglunation are very familiar concepts to me as a Turkish, so I can say they make a language very mathematical when you grasp the logic behind it. You can even make up words that you've never learnt before and they maybe are still perfectly fine! Sziasztok mindenkinek Törökorszagbol!

[@petmop1309]

We have common origin

[@FractalComputer]

@@petmop1309 No. Hungarian is Uralic, like Finnish, and Turkish is Turkic.

[@abbeyrhapsody3205]

@@FractalComputer every Hungarian knows Hungarian language has nothing to do with Finnish language

[@FractalComputer]

@@abbeyrhapsody3205 Incorrect. I know Hungarians who know otherwise, and even then, Hungarian is agreed to be related to Finnish by linguists

[@1GeroS]

the funny thing is when you say ország it means country, but when you say orrszag it means nose smell (it isn't an actual word, just orr means nose and szag means smell)

[@huliluliukuzelula]

Well it does sound nice to me. Melodical and interesting. Greetings to my Hungarian neighbors from Croatia. 🙂

[@w0lf370]

I love Hungarian language so much, is very creative (love from italy)

[@youtubearkiv7612]

Hungarian have connections with Albanian gheg dialect Hungarian Úr (good), Alb Ôrë means the godes, fairy ect... Reggeli (morning) Gjelli, alb gheg means the sun. Pekseg (bred) pjek(Alb)=Bake, Shegj (Alb gheg) = heat. Hoseg=Heat, Shegj or zhegj (alb gheg)=heat Tej=milk, thejth (alb gheg)= Suck (the mother's milk) Sir= grave, çirr (alb gheg) ( cry on the funeral, painful crying) Meghal= dead. U Meka (Alb gheg) my breath stopped. Kiraly=king, krâj (alb gheg) head Édes= sweet, e desha(Alb)= i loved it Kez= Hand. ke zân (gheg)=you grab it Comb= thigh, Kôm (gheg) legs. Kôfsh= thigh Tenger= Sea. Tan gjan (gheg) great width Eso= Rain. Shi=Rain Ect.. ect... the Hungarian language is not isolated as this video says. it is an ancient language that was not Latinised .such languages ​​in Europe have very little left. after Prussian oppression by Teutonic knights. the Pre Roman languages ​​remain only; Albanian, Scots Gaelic, Hungarian, Basque

[@trojko0515]

@@youtubearkiv7612 Reggeli means breakfast Reggel means morning :)

[@youtubearkiv7612]

@@trojko0515 even the word GJELLË in Albanian means DISH.

[@youtubearkiv7612]

@@trojko0515 Megöl=kill Me'gul in Albanian gheg dialect means; to stab. For example: me gul shpatën (to stab the sword)

[@trojko0515]

@@youtubearkiv7612 In hungarian dish means étel/tál

[@andylunatic3174]

Mint született magyar ilyenkor mély büszkeséget érzek, amiért magyarnak születtem. Örülök, hogy egyre többen foglalkoznak a nyelvünkkel és kultúránkkal 😊😊

[@karthauslawrence7266]

Hiába, nem sokaknak van olyan ősi kultúrája, mint nekünk

[@petmop1309]

@@karthauslawrence7266 ja, és ezt el akarják tüntetni bizonyos mocskos sertések.

[@csabeekov5767]

Forgot to mention that we don’t say He/She for a male or female, we just say Ő

[@ilkecemreengudar7266]

Same in Turkish! we say "O"

[@anotherhumanbeing3923]

We Turks also say "o" :D

[@grauwolf1604]

In finnish there is just "hän" for she/he.

[@gawcio591]

Węgrzy mają przyjaciół bliżej niż się zdaje ( Polak , Węgier dwa bratanki do szabli i do szklanki . Lengyel, magyar - két jó barát, együtt harcol, s issza borát)

[@LaszloVondracsek]

Ha, ha...Yes, because both are great drunkards!!!!

[@boiwhatdahellboi9180]

The first thing that comes to my mind about the polish language is my favorite movie the wołyń.

[@stefanmirkovic6681]

Love Hungary from Serbia! 🇭🇺Magyarorszag ❤️ Srbija🇷🇸

[@GergoMarosvari]

Hvala puno! 🇭🇺🇷🇸

[@kandúrrrr]

Serbia is Strong

[@batma1008]

Sziasztok hogy vagytok?? Magyar I'm hungary Magyarorszàg

[@batma1008]

Én mondtam

[@verbrannte]

А ја сам из Мађарске, сада учим Српски.

[@natashka1982]

I visited Hungary 2 years ago and just fell in love with the country. Will be going back.

[@lesliea.6440]

After living a year and half in Hungary, I am just happy I can order coffee. Hungarian is very complex, but very unique. The hardest for me is possessions! Favorite word is kutya = dog

[@TheVarrio]

wtf in most north indian languages dog is kutta/kut(suffix)

[@Avasallador101]

Az indiánok is magyarok ;).