Let’s LearnHungarian

A1 Beginner

The foundations: greetings, numbers, the case system, everyday questions, and the phrases you need for a first trip.

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By the end of A1 you can

  • introduce yourself and greet people in both informal and formal Hungarian
  • handle numbers, time, and simple shopping or café transactions
  • say where things are and where you're going using Hungarian's case suffixes
  • understand and use everyday survival phrases when something goes wrong

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.