Let’s LearnHungarian

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74 lessons across 3 CEFR levels (A1, A2, B1) and 16 units, 1305 words and phrases in total. This page lists everything in study order. If you would rather start with a level's overview and can-do checklist, see Levels. If you have not yet, start with the alphabet.

A1 Beginner

Unit 1: First words

Greet people, introduce yourself, and count.

  1. 01Greetings and politenessHello, goodbye, please, thank you, and asking how someone is.
  2. 02Meeting peopleNames, where you're from, and saying you only speak a little Hungarian.
  3. 03Numbers 0 to 100Counting to twenty, the tens, hundred and thousand, and how they combine.

Unit 2: Basic structures

Vowel harmony, the present tense, pointing things out, and saying what you have.

  1. 04Vowel harmony: why endings changeWhy most Hungarian endings come in two or three versions, and how to pick the right one.
  2. 05The present tenseThe regular present-tense conjugation, the -ik verb pattern, and the sibilant-stem 'you' ending.
  3. 06This, that, and pluralsThe demonstratives ez/az and their plurals, plus how to make any noun plural.
  4. 07Having and not havingHungarian has no verb 'to have' — the van/nincs construction with a possessive ending does the job.

Unit 3: Every day

Time, family, asking and saying no, food, and the object ending.

  1. 08Days, months, and time wordsThe seven days, the twelve months, and words like today, now, and morning.
  2. 09People and familyMan, woman, child, and the words for close relatives.
  3. 10Asking questionsWho, what, where, when, why, how much — and short questions built from them.
  4. 11Saying no: nem, nincs, sem, and neNegating sentences, 'there isn't', 'me neither', double negatives, and asking 'whether'.
  5. 12Food, drink, and a caféKitchen basics plus the phrases to order and pay.
  6. 13The object: the -t endingMarking what you see, want, buy or eat with the accusative -t, and the object pronouns engem and téged.

Unit 4: Location cases

Saying where things are, where you're going, and where you're coming from.

  1. 14Saying where: in, on, and atThe three 'where' case endings: -ban/-ben, -on/-en/-ön, and -nál/-nél.
  2. 15Saying where to: into and ontoThe motion counterparts of the location cases: -ba/-be, -ra/-re, and -hoz/-hez/-höz.
  3. 16Saying where fromThe source counterparts of the location cases: -ból/-ből, -ról/-ről, and -tól/-től.

Unit 5: Out and about

Describe what you see, find your way, and handle the unexpected.

  1. 17Colours and describing thingsThe main colours plus common adjective pairs like big/small and good/bad.
  2. 18Getting aroundDirections, transport words, and asking where something is.
  3. 19Shopping and moneyShops, prices, paying by card or cash, and the phrases you need at checkout.
  4. 20Survival phrasesHelp, I don't know, watch out, and who to call in an emergency.

Unit 6: Time and everyday things

Telling the time properly, everyday adjectives, and a full restaurant visit.

  1. 21Telling the timeóra for the hour, and the notoriously tricky negyed/fél/háromnegyed quarter-hour system.
  2. 22Everyday adjectivesBig and small, hot and cold, easy and difficult — the everyday opposites you'll use constantly.
  3. 23At the restaurantOrdering a full meal, asking about allergies, and paying at the end.

A2 Elementary

Unit 1: Daily life

Routines, the home, the weather, how you look, and reflexive verbs.

  1. 24Daily routineWake up, get ready, go to work or school, and talk about how often you do things.
  2. 25House and homeRooms, furniture, and saying what is where with van and the -ban/-ben ending.
  3. 26Weather and seasonsThe four seasons, describing the weather, and simple weather forecasts.
  4. 27Clothing and appearanceEveryday clothing, saying what you're wearing, and describing how someone looks.
  5. 28Reflexive verbsThe -kodik/-kedik/-ködik pattern for actions you do to yourself.
  6. 29Quickly, well, in Hungarian: adverbsTurning adjectives into 'how' words with -an/-en, plus jól, rosszul, and -ul/-ül for languages.

Unit 2: Grammar toolkit

With and for, pronouns with endings, can and may, postpositions, indefinite pronouns, and ordinals.

  1. 30With and for-val/-vel ('with') and its v-assimilation rule, and -nak/-nek's job as an indirect object.
  2. 31To me, with you, about him: pronouns with endingsnekem, velem, nálam, tőled, rólad and friends — how case endings attach to 'me', 'you', 'him'.
  3. 32Can I? May I? The -hat/-het endingAsking permission and saying what's possible with -hat/-het, and how it differs from tud ('be able to').
  4. 33Under, above, beside, behind, in front ofThe postposition system: alatt, fölött, mellett, mögött, and előtt, plus their personal-ending forms.
  5. 34Someone, something, nobodyvalaki/valami, senki/semmi, and mindenki/minden, plus Hungarian's mandatory double negative.
  6. 35Ordinals and fractionselső/második and the -dik pattern, plus fél/harmad/negyed for fractions and percentages.

Unit 3: Work, learning, and free time

Jobs, school, hobbies, getting online, and verb prefixes.

  1. 36Jobs and workCommon professions, asking what someone does, and talking about your job.
  2. 37School and educationSchool subjects, the school day, and talking about what you're studying.
  3. 38Hobbies and free timeSports, music, and saying what you like to do with szeretek + infinitive.
  4. 39Technology and the internetPhones, computers, and the phrases you need online and on a video call.
  5. 40Verb prefixes: meg-, el-, ki-, be-, fel-, le-The six most common verb prefixes — how they add direction, and how meg-/el- often mark a completed action.

Unit 4: Health, feelings, and people

The body, moods and character, the people in your life, a doctor's visit, and comparing friends.

  1. 41Health and the bodyBody parts, saying what hurts, and the phrases you need at a pharmacy or doctor's.
  2. 42Feelings and personalityEmotions, personality traits, and saying how you feel.
  3. 43Friends and relationshipsFriends, relationship status, and talking about the people you know.
  4. 44Making plans and invitationsSuggesting to meet up, and accepting or declining an invitation.
  5. 45At the doctorDescribing symptoms in more depth, and understanding a doctor's questions and instructions.
  6. 46Comparing peopleUsing comparatives and superlatives to compare personalities and appearance.

Unit 5: Grammar milestones

Possessives, the past tense, the future, and narrating a sequence.

  1. 47My, your, his: possessivesThe full possessive suffix system, building on the previews from earlier lessons.
  2. 48The past tenseThe -t/-tt past tense ending, and the handful of irregular verbs you'll use constantly.
  3. 49The future and plansThe fog + infinitive future, and talking about tomorrow, next week, and next year.
  4. 50Sequencing a storyelőbb, aztán, utána, végül, közben — narrating a sequence of events in the past.

Unit 6: Practical dialogues

A job interview, weekend plans, and a shopping trip, start to finish.

  1. 51A job interviewTalking about experience and qualifications, and handling a formal interview.
  2. 52Weekend plansNegotiating a time to meet, recycling future tense and days of the week.
  3. 53A shopping tripTrying on clothes, comparing prices, and deciding what to buy.

B1 Intermediate

Unit 1: The wider world

Opinions, travel, nature, and Hungarian holidays.

  1. 54Opinions and comparisonsGiving your opinion, agreeing and disagreeing, and comparatives and superlatives in full.
  2. 55Travel and hotelsBooking a room, checking in, and the phrases you need at a hotel or on a trip.
  3. 56Nature and the environmentAnimals, plants, and simple opinions about protecting nature.
  4. 57Culture and holidaysHungarian holidays, birthdays, and the toasts and wishes for special occasions.

Unit 2: Real conversations

Hypotheticals, obligation, reported speech, requests, relative clauses, and doubt.

  1. 58Would, could, and hypotheticalsThe conditional mood: forming 'would' for any verb, lenne and volna, and real if-then sentences.
  2. 59Obligation and permissionkell, kellene, muszáj, lehet, szabad, and tud — what you must, should, may, and can do.
  3. 60Reported speech and hogy-clausesReporting what people say, think, hope, and fear using hogy ('that').
  4. 61The definite conjugationHungarian's other verb paradigm: how a definite object changes the verb ending.
  5. 62Wishes and requestsThe imperative mood, polite formal commands, and asking for what you want someone else to do.
  6. 63Relative clauses: who and whichaki (who) and ami (what/which), and how they take whatever case ending their role in the clause needs.
  7. 64Certainty and doubtbiztosan, valószínűleg, talán, lehet/kétlem + hogy..., and the vajon particle.

Unit 3: Advanced grammar

Narrative verb prefixes, impersonal statements, and causative verbs.

  1. 65Word order: putting the focus firstHow Hungarian word order shows emphasis, and why verb prefixes jump behind the verb.
  2. 66More verb prefixes for narrativeát- (across) and vissza- (back), and how prefixed verbs chain together to tell a story.
  3. 67The singing bird, the broken glass: participlesVerbs used as adjectives: -ó/-ő (doing), -t/-tt (done), and -andó/-endő (to be done).
  4. 68-kor, -ig, -ért, -ként, -vá: more case endingsAt (a time), until, for (something), as (a role), and into (a new state) — five more everyday endings.
  5. 69Impersonal statements and the missing passiveHow Hungarian gets by without a real passive voice: the impersonal 3rd plural, and az ember for a generic 'one'.
  6. 70Causative verbs: having something done-tat/-tet: the difference between doing something yourself and having someone else do it.

Unit 4: Practical situations and stories

Emergencies, formal Hungarian, idioms, and telling a full story.

  1. 71Emergencies and the doctorCalling for help, describing an accident, and handling a harder medical conversation.
  2. 72Formal HungarianBusiness and formal register — emails, meetings, and addressing people formally.
  3. 73Idioms and sayingsCommon Hungarian idiomatic expressions and proverbs, with what they really mean.
  4. 74Telling an anecdoteNarrating a full story: past tense, verb prefixes, sequencing, and reported speech together.