Hungarian Nouns

Welcome to the third Hungarian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Hungarian to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes burgonya

tomatoes paradicsom

onions hagyma

carrots sárgarépa

fruits gyümölcs

apples alma

bananas banán

oranges narancs

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Hungarian
do you have milk? [verb + noun] van tej?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] van tej és kávé
he has three apples [number + plural noun] három almája van
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ő csak egy alma
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] mi egy kis házban élünk
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] szeretem a reggelit

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread kenyér

milk tej

butter vaj

cheese sajt

coffee kávé

sandwich szendvics

meat hús

chicken csirke

fish hal

breakfast reggeli

lunch ebéd

dinner vacsora

Conversation in Hungarian

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Hungarian
Do you speak (English/ Hungarian)? beszélsz (angolul/magyarul)?
Just a little csak egy kicsit
I like Hungarian szeretem a magyart
Can I practice with you? gyakorolhatok veled?
How old are you? mennyi idős vagy?
I'm thirty three years old én 33 éves vagyok
It was nice talking to you jó volt beszélni veled!

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