Hungarian greetings and other useful expressions

Sziasztok!
Learn to greet people in Hungarian. How do we say thank you, please, yes, no, how much? The answers are here. Below you can read the words and expressions included in the video and their English translations. Enjoy!
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Jó reggelt (kívánok) Good morning
Jó napot (kívánok) Good morning (after 10 am)/afternoon
Jó estét (kívánok) Good evening
Viszontlátásra/Viszlát Good bye
Jó éjszakát Good night
Szia, Sziasztok (plural) Hi, good bye
Heló Hi, good bye
Igen Yes
Nem No
Köszönöm/Köszi/Kösz Thank you
Szívesen You're welcome
Egészségedre/Egs Cheers (when toasting)
Isten-isten Cheers (when toasting)
Bocsánat/Bocs Sorry
Elnézést (kérek) Excuse me
Mennyi? How much?
Mennyibe kerül? How much does it cost?
Mennyi az idő? What's the time?
Nagyon finom, köszönöm, de tele vagyok It's delicious, thank you, but I'm full

[@tatianatsynkush9156]

You are blessing. The only one who shows how it articulates

[@lesiaponomarenko353]

omg.. I am starting to fall in love with Hungarian language, it sounds like something from a far far away galaxy))´

[@saintsweetsubs]

Lesia Ponomarenko As someone half Hungarian thank you so much 😅 It's the fourth hardest language in the world but its nice seeing so many people who like it or take the time to learn it

[@piretkivi3218]

Yes, especially if you repeat "sárkány" about a hundred times before going to bed. In order to repeat it, you have to open your mouth like a dragon swallowing someone. Plus you get the sound of old operettas which makes you think you are swallowing someone in the military uniform of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. And that someone is noble and has a huge moustache. In the morning you wake up and hear: "Sárkány!!!" And then you get scared because you might be its breakfast.

[@hungariantutor]

Some say it's the magic mushroom of languages :)

[@susanvarga8107]

nathanielmk

[@MollyMae1988]

You need to make more videos

[@LeadingCase]

Wonderful! I´ve been in Budapest about 15 days ago. Before I get there I learnt some basic phrases in hungarian not only to help me and my mother "talk" to local people, but also show them respect for their culture..and it worked perfectly! ;) Greetings from Brazil.

[@hungariantutor]

Well that's a wise way to show respect ;) That's the whole point of learning a language.

[@blotski]

One of the things I love about Hungarian is how much Hungarians love it when you speak to them in Hungarian! It's really rewarding.

[@crackbaby5213]

Thats because they understand how difficult it is 🤣

[@gyorgy11]

After learning to speak English, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, German, and Portuguese, now I am going to use your videos to help me learn one of the most difficult of all language, Hungarian. So please help me out and continue posting these wonderful and fun videos! I was only in Hungary (Budapest) once when I was 19, now I am 67! Beautiful country and beautiful people. The food wasn't bad either ;=)

[@basedbartholomew3968]

wOw °Д°

[@Karina-di5mo]

Where are you live

[@gyorgy11]

@@Karina-di5mo I live in the USA, Virginia

[@Karina-di5mo]

gyorgy11 And Hungária

[@SavanahKohler]

What was your main way or tactic to learn all of those?

[@biggles5633]

Just fantastic. After not speaking Hungarian for nearly 40 years, I am determined to become conversational again. These videos are simply wonderful. Nothing like having a good laugh when you are learning something. Peter, koszonom szepen!

[@ilikeit2ful]

Hey Peter. Why did you stop your videos? I only discover it now and I really like the way your teach us. Come on, get back with the videos.

[@caroltaylor3497]

You are hilarious! Hope all Hungarians are as much fun as you

[@hungariantutor]

Short answer: no. Just joking :)

[@sarahlagan8776]

Peter thank you for your fun lessons I am going to Hungary in June to visit my boyfriend and his family and I'm doing my best to get into the Hungarian flow. I really love your videos they "crack me up" as we say in Blighty and hope you will be posting some more soon - you are a natural teacher - not only do you teach words and expressions you give an insight into that crazy Hungarian culture. Please post more! Sarah

[@hungariantutor]

Your wish is my command: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epzSo5xqgdqjesU Enjoy and thanks for following.

[@emilyhiggins3354]

thank you so much for the video, this is the best video of Hungarian phrases that I have been able to find on KZbin after trying a few. I loved greeting people in Hungarian when I was in Budapest but I was sad I didn't know enough to answer questions. I will definitely learn some more and hope to go back to your beautiful country one day! Köszönöm!! :)

[@christianefy-ox6bf]

I Love Budapest, ist such a beautiful place

[@animecow7180]

Én teljesen megtanultam magyarul eme videó láttára! :O Kíváncsi voltam hogyan tanitják a magyar nyelvet... szerintem jól csinálod :D

[@till9652]

Nem vagy magyar? Mert akkor tenyleg szepen megtanultad!

[@hungariantutor]

Kösz szépen. És le a kalappal, világbajnok vagy :)

[@animecow7180]

Szarkazmus :)

[@mariam5182]

You are lovely! It's so fun watching and learning from you!

[@trinabobina7674]

So I watched your videos and learned these phrases before my eurotrip which included going to Hungary and it was incredibly useful!! Thank you so much ♥️ Budapest was my favorite city of the entire trip

[@nadhrahjamal]

I love this. I spend a year in Hungary and I think Hungarian language is beautiful. It's difficult but sounded nice.

[@gyorgy11]

I totally agree that you should put the English equivalents right underneath the Hungarian for those of us who are visual learners. You moved pretty quickly through the last few phrases and I have no idea now what they mean. Thank you.

[@majocruzada7578]

Your videos are fun to watch! looking forward to see and learn more from your uploads.

[@hungariantutor]

Thanks for watching. Enjoy learning.

[@amazonpolyglot]

I particularly enjoyed greatly what you call hungarian craziness! Thanks again!

[@pingoleonfernandez7638]

Although the script may appear daunting at first, the pronunciation is actually quite easy to imitate for spanish speakers. Beautiful sounding language.

[@carlosnagy]

Nagyon finon Class..!! Greetings from Caracas - Venezuela

[@suzannevantonder1020]

Thank you so much Peter.....you really tutor this well.....i like watching all your videos and i am sure that i will be able to talk to my new hungarian family in no time.......met them for the first time last weekend and plan to visit Hungary soon.......thank you.

[@ShiruSama1]

This was fun!! The most difficult part of Magyar for me is the pronunciation. In Spanish, we literally have only 5 vowels, English is hard for me but Hungarian is just too much... However I had fun with this video. I'll watch it several times so I actually learn the words

[@judithnemeth7282]

Years ago at a Square dance festival in 🇩🇪 a friend of mine asked me how to say Prost! Cheers! in Hungarian. So I told her it's "Egészségedre". I have to say, she had already drunken 2 or 3 🍻 at the after party. So she said astonished "Was! Eggische (eckige) Heckenschere!" pronounced in hessian dialect. That's what she heard, meant to be "square hedge trimmer". So a good mnemonic for german people 😊😊😊 Since then my friends never forgot to remember Egészségedre 🇭🇺

[@ob2187]

Great work, helps a lot as we TRY to finally get going learning Hungarian in the family... Thanks..

[@hungariantutor]

Thanks. Good luck!

[@RichieLarpa]

5:47 Man, I already said the word, before ýou even had the chance. I came for curiositý, since I already know the basics. I've already managed to remember 70% of the longest Hungarian word. But not to sound arrogant, I am glad for ýour video and thank ýou.

[@Causeitsallthisgood]

I love your videos! Isten-isten! Köszönöm szépen!

[@maxbeale8186]

Wonderful video, it’s helping me so much with my Hungarian

[@njdeviljeff2012]

I'll have to watch this about 20+ more times so I can write this down for my wife to study all this. After she says things for about 100 times she gets it really well.

[@MatH63]

Szeretem. Jol telt. Hamarosan találkozunk!

[@hungariantutor]

Köszi Matt!

[@liviat5802]

Thank you, Peter. I like to watch your video for learning Hungarian.

[@hungariantutor]

Great! thank you.

[@mackjay2]

I enjoy all your Hungarian language videos! When I have captions on, KZbin treats the Hungarian words you say like English, so it's often nonsensical and funny.

[@StephanieKostic]

You are GREAT teacher!!!!!

[@iluvcheese1216]

Köszönöm! I'm going to Hungary tomorrow and so I thought I should know a bit of the language (even though most people can speak English)- I went on loads of sites and just can't get my tongue around "Egészségedre" so I was glad to find out that there are two easier ways! 😄

[@jaxcashion249]

Great video! And very funny! Köszönöm szépen!

[@kattiaperez2453]

very nice man! I think I like your native language Hungarian... it sounds cool and strange!

[@aldermartin]

I'm surprised having learned that "sz"is pronounced as "s" and "s" as sh. completely different than in Polish

[@freejoco]

+aldermartin Backwards....

[@hungariantutor]

I know, it messes with millions of folks like you :)

[@freejoco]

Na, rugaszkodj neki még egyszer...... "..I'm surprised having learned that "sz"is pronounced as "s" and "s" as sh. completely different than in Polish",vagyis a magyarban az "sz" angolul az "s" betű ,az magyar "s" az angolban "sh",amely a lengyelben fordítva van...Vágod?

[@balazskiss985]

@@hungariantutor te finnugrász vagy, vagy csak hobbi cenzúrázó? az a legalja ha törlöd a nyelvről az igazságot egy nbyelvészkedő videóban, ami olyan gyermeteg mint egy átlag angol lény

[@ramonaobermayer5236]

I love this video! Please make some more!! 😍😊🙏

[@annagreen6771]

You are a very good teacher! Thank you for your lessons. Hope to see more and more videos)

[@hungariantutor]

Thank you, I've come home to Hungary for a visit and I'm recording footage for the new videos.

[@anatoliiseniuk]

Man u r so cool! And ur videos r so useful! Thank you so much dear! 👍

[@Allforlove78]

Love it when you just let go and get silly!😊😂💕

[@njdeviljeff2012]

My wife taught me some Russian Alphabet, so she should do pretty well. I know Hungarian has nothing to do with Russian but she writes in Russian really nice. She wants to learn Hungarian before she dies she said. She's 64 now and will be 65 this coming November 2017.

[@leatherdolphin]

Thank you! This is my first lesson with you.Very interesting

[@fredericoeckschmidt8346]

Tks, buddy, you're the best.

[@bymelissa1101]

Danke Peter. You`re the best really. Köszönöm.

[@bonitabonita7701]

Jo napot! Thank u so much for this video! I am going to study in Hungary! So, this is so helpful.

[@Angell_Lee]

I'm half Hungarian learning my roots :D

[@jasabubbla2327]

Me too!

[@Angell_Lee]

@@jasabubbla2327 ❤️❤️❤️

[@vergilius21]

God bless Poland & Hungary! ! Our 1500years brotherhood

[@febiastiafriyani]

Is it similar to say egészegunkré to cheer drinks?

[@hungariantutor]

Yes, egészségünkre means "to our health". It's a common way to say cheers.

[@febiastiafriyani]

@@hungariantutor keyy, thank you for the explanation

[@88hayla]

great video! very helpful

[@hungariantutor]

Thanks!

[@kevinorosz6060]

Hi, I'm Hungarian, I'm happy to teach you Hungarian

[@Melinmingle]

Cool music

[@MrVincevn]

how do you spell the plural of Egészségedre?

[@hungariantutor]

Egészségetekre. Cheers y'all :)

[@tom500k]

Koszonem szepen. Nagyon jo! -- Tamas

[@tomw.6511]

This was awesome. Köszönöm szepen!

[@CeeStyleDj]

thank you very much for this video. I enjoyed it but just one comment: when doing the review of the phrases at the very end, it'd be nice if in parentheses you had the English translation, just to sort of complete the review. Thanks again :-)

[@16handsoffunfunfun]

CeeStyleDj this is very helpful thank you

[@nanikot6108]

I'm a little confused at elnézést, as it seems to also mean "pardon me", or a formal sorry, but kérek means something along the lines of asking for, so where is time in that sentence?

[@cheezus9625]

Thanks for these! Can you please do another on greetings for the most common formal and informal ways to say things like, "nice to meet you" and "what is your name?" Also, is it more common to say A nevem Cheezus or Cheezus vagyok when introducing yourself? Thanks!

[@princianorvz]

5:51 egészségedre literally means when you split up the two words, egész and ségedre, you get egész meaning "whole", and ségedre meaning "to you". therefore, Egészségedre literally means "all to you" or "cheers to you".

[@hungariantutor]

Nearly: Egész=whole, ség="ness", ed=your, re=to/onto. So: To your wholeness

[@tamilatukvadze5145]

Szia. It's very helpful for me, thank you for videos, hope you add some more usable sentences for beginners like me. :)) Jo napot!

[@Crackamonoman]

G'day mate I love your videos and was wondering if you could do one on telling the time with hours minutes etc?? köszönöm szépen!! János.

[@hungariantutor]

Thanks. Great idea for the next video.

[@fields1207]

I want that Silver Surfer t-shirt!

[@leatherdolphin]

Hello Peter,I am back again looking at your videos.They are so interesting.I like them very much.I am hoping to have a job at the World Swimming Championships in Budapest in August.

[@khaledhourani7624]

Lovely person!!

[@imrebalogh408]

wonderful thankyou

[@ralucacotea3659]

At first it looks hard, but i hope i'll be able to learn just to get used a lit a bit with the language. It sounds interesting. Anyway, thanks!

[@witekd.1021]

What is the diffrence beetwen phrase with and without "kivanok"?

[@winsoft]

@hungariantutor, do you pronounce the sound "l" in "elnézést"? It sounds for me like "enézést", so at least "l" is absolutely different from English, German or Slavic "l".

[@hungariantutor]

Mustermann It's supposed to be the same l as in other languages.

[@winsoft]

Well, in another videos made by native Hungarians I really don't hear "l" as well :-) But I'm talking only about "l" near consonaunts, so near vowels it's a soft "l" which I hear very well.

[@geezer5491]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. I was in Hungary last week (Mako, Pécs, Budapest). I had a very nice time. I tried to find the translation for "fröccsöt" and I could not find it. Can you tell me what it is? Köszi.

[@hungariantutor]

+Geezer Hi, I was hoping someone would ask this question ;) Fröccs is a mixture of wine and soda water. It's a very popular drink in Hungary, especially in summer. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fr%C3%B6ccs Thanks for wathing the video, glad you liked it.

[@geezer5491]

Yonapot Kivànok. Yes, it is popular and delicious. I drank many of them. I said only fröccs when I ordered them. I guess Fröccsöt is the plural form, isn't it? Szia.

[@hungariantutor]

+Geezer Hi, fröccsöt is the accusative form used when the noun is preceded by a verb, e.g. kérek (~I want)

[@geezer5491]

Köszi ! Hogy vagy?

[@zoobie2000]

Who is that guy in the poster on the left? I wanna say Bono but that's not right

[@tomszabo7350]

If I discover somebody is Hungarian, I like to pretend that I know a little Magyar (which is true), and then I look for an opportunity to toast him/her with "egész seggedbe."

[@hungariantutor]

Cheeky you 😃

[@pattymiller8296]

Ha ha ha this is to fun. I love learning this way.

[@hungariantutor]

Cool, thanks :)

[@njdeviljeff2012]

I loved it!

[@Hassanjutt925]

U nice ways to teal hunger language

[@crustite-2236]

Me encanta, gracias!

[@Graphic_lover22]

Hello, Peter! I want more lessons!!!!

[@canibal002-x3w]

Én ugy értelmeztem, hogy a Szia jelentése a szerviensből visszamaradva a szolgálatodra vagyok. tehát Welcome type Szia = im on serve you Bye type Szia = i will continue to serve you Ezzel egyszerübb lenne elmondani hogyan használjk, és mi a jelentése. Köszi a véleményeket és válaszokat! :D

[@hungariantutor]

Köszi a hozzászólást. Amire te utalsz, az a szó eredete, ami szerint elképzelhető, hogy a latin servus humillimus (alázatos szolgája) kifejezésből jön. Én ebben a videóban a köszönések használatát mutattam be. A szia pl. baráti üdvözlés és elköszönés. Amikor elköszönsz a barátodtól sörözés után nyilván nem úgy értelmezi a sziát, hogy a jövőben is alázattal fogod szolgálni :)

[@canibal002-x3w]

Jól látod, a szerviensi szolgálatot inkább segítőkészségnek mondanám, és csupán annyit tennék hozzá, hogy mikor valakinek sziával köszönsz, annak ált, a szemébe nézel, és ált. az egy fontosabb ember, nem csak egy valaki az utcáról. A helo-t odaköpheted ránézés nélkül is, de a Szia / Szervusz az lehetőséget nyit a "no tabu" beszélgetésekhez is. Neked mi a véleményed? Bocsáss meg, hogy megint hosszan írtam, csak érdekel a téma, és te elég inteligens vagy, hogy érdemben tudj válaszolni. Köszööm a türelmed! :)

[@judithnemeth7282]

Apukám azt állította (1930 született, 6 éve elhunyt) hogy a szia köszönés jött Magyarországra amikor Bill Haley énekelte 'See you later alligator' 😉 egy korai Rock 'n Roll ének. Mi a véleményed? Apukám 1956 mennekült Ausztráliaba, 6 év után Angliába. 1967ben meheted először haza és megismerkedett anyukámal. És 1973 mentünk Németországba. Akkor mentek a németek az 🇪🇺 be. Eddig megvolt a brit 🇬🇧 álompólgarságom. De most fölvesszem a németed 🇩🇪 a BREXIT milyat.

[@pattymiller8296]

So is Montana.I know i live here.

[@zulkiflijamil4033]

Jó reggelt!

[@davidsabo7610]

Super!!!

[@Chikotka]

Hey!!! I have a question: How do you pronounce the "lt" in "reggelt"? I mean, the l is silent?

[@freejoco]

+Chikotskiy In hungarian langeuge the object have to say T every time: Reggel is morning,Jó reggelt(Kívánok)= I (I wish or I wanna say or I desire)Good morning (it) fe.: I can see the house=Látom a házat. House is ház... Fogom a kezedet= I'm holding your hand.Hand is kéz,your hand is kezed,kezedet is with object ,allways have to say..

[@Butterflyyyify]

the l is not silent.You do pronounce it,but bery softly.Pretty much you have to only concentrate on the first part of the word ,"regge" (the accent is on the first e and the pronounce the rest of the word without much emphasis.Like this :REGGelt

[@hungariantutor]

Hi, we do say the l , though it might not be very pronounced.

[@danielholowaty2648]

It depends where the person is from in Hungary.

[@Gfuckingmaniak]

Kösz sounds so funny to me!

[@Gfuckingmaniak]

Isten-isten literally means God-God?? Like: God, we are drinking so much! Hahaha

[@hungariantutor]

+Gfuckingmaniak You could be right. Hungarians are always in the top 10 heaviest drinking nations ...

[@Gfuckingmaniak]

+hungariantutor Ahh well. That`s not such a surprise if you see Palinka which is like 55% The Dutch equivalent, Jenever, is only 40% Though I read Czechs drink the most beer per head on the world. Of course, beer is not so heavy ;) Hmm but I guess you`re still beat by the Russians huh? ;)

[@rash_a_agil]

The vowels harmony make me love it 😊 almost similar to our language (Malay/Bahasa Indonesia) though the struggle with sz as s,s as sh..cs as ch

[@WD-sr8qz]

Do you give lessons or classes in Hungary? I'll be there next month.

[@hungariantutor]

Hi, I would with pleasure but I live in London :) I'm in Hungary at the moment, going back at the end of August.

[@christianefy-ox6bf]

Köszi ❤️🙄

[@trinabitchhh23]

Thank you! Or should I say Köszönöm :) Very helpful, but one question please. Is there a reason why sometimes “kívánok” is left off of the end of the phrase for good day/good morning/good evening?

[@krisztinahorvath5400]

Hi! The word "kívánok" means "I wish". It is nice to use it at the end, but not necessary (even in formal use it's fine without it). I guess we are just lazy, but it became common not to use it in these greetings.

[@ESPE2M1]

Why would you say good afternoon before noon?

[@hungariantutor]

If you are referring to "Jó napot" it literally means Good day. There are no strict rules as to when to use it. Actually I've just made one up. Use it when the sun is up as "nap" also means sun. 🙂

[@ESPE2M1]

@@hungariantutor I thought "Jo nap" was good day?

[@viragmundrusz5142]

Naaaaagyon jó a kiejtésed!!!

[@martonfonagy2088]

Virág 01 gondolom lehet ,hogy magyar anyanyelvű .

[@irened.]

1) Do all Hungarians automatically are fluent in German too? 2) Why would a Hungarian pronounce French flawlessly, please? Does this come naturally or is French mandatory as of kindergarten. Someone in Hungary please reply. This is mainly questioning the time of about 2 centuries ago.

[@francoisegregyi233]

Hungarians used to be fluent in German, but nowadays the Hungarian youth prefer English.

[@PeterToepfer]

Can someone write the plural cheers?

[@supriaxsupriax5199]

Ezt fasza nézni eksü :DDDDDD

[@extragyal9458]

im hungarian who was raised in the Uk and wasnt given any type of education surrounding hungarian. Recently, i talked to an elder and i froze up i ran off saying i wasnt good at hungarian lol. Im worried about going to hungary and speaking to all the cousins, aunts, uncles and family friends. I can not pronounce, read,write in hungarian well

[@legijaarkan7546]

Going to Budapest 22/01/16. Hungarian is very hard to learn!

[@hungariantutor]

Unless you're Hungarian :)))

[@legijaarkan7546]

I did find the basics quite easy and will carry on learning it!!! Kozonom

[@hungariantutor]

legija Arkan Great, keep it up! Szia

[@davidsabo7610]

legija Arkan be patient, all good things come to those who wait,I m 67 and I just try harder.

[@legijaarkan7546]

I hope to go back to Budapest as I really liked it and the language isn't so hard Good people Kosonom

[@MrLeopodstanicky]

Egyszegedre.

[@freejoco]

+Leo Podstanicky Egészségedre..:-D

[@DurjaySarkar]

Make more video, keep uploading man

[@_vox5189]

Sei un grande

[@artygunnar]

Szia, nem tudnal ajalni egy magyar/angol konnyvet? Tanitani magyart angoloknak?

[@TheComputerqueen]

?if teacher greet their primary school student what he says

[@njdeviljeff2012]

My wife said all this nearly perfect!

[@njdeviljeff2012]

lol too bad she can't remember sh_t for very long lol Sorry but she can be very funny. She loves languages and she loves Hungary! *She cooks Hungarian too.

[@nachobora]

genio