Let’s LearnHungarian

Lesson 71 of 74 · A2, Unit 1: Daily life

Quickly, well, in Hungarian: adverbs

To say how something is done, Hungarian adds -an or -en to an adjective: gyors ('fast') → gyorsan ('quickly'), szép ('beautiful') → szépen ('beautifully'). It's the equivalent of English -ly, and vowel harmony picks the ending as usual.

Two of the most common ones are irregular: jó ('good') → jól ('well'), rossz ('bad') → rosszul ('badly'). And you already know -ul/-ül from languages: magyarul ('in Hungarian'), angolul ('in English').

By the end you can:

  • form adverbs of manner with -an/-en
  • use jól and rosszul correctly
  • say how you speak a language and how you feel

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