lingophant_hungarian
31-05-2026
Basic Phrases

Essential everyday greetings, farewells, and courtesy phrases.

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Hi! / Hello, good morning. ('Szia' is informal hi/bye; 'jó reggelt' — literally 'good morning'.)
 
Szia! / Jó reggelt!
How are you? (informal / formal) (Formal uses 3rd person singular — 'how is [you]'.)
 
Hogy vagy? / Hogy van?
I'm good! And you? ('Jól' is the adverb form of 'jó' (good) — Hungarian says 'I am well-ly'.)
 
Jól vagyok! És te?
Good evening, everyone! ('Estét' has the -t accusative ending — greetings are grammatically objects of an implied 'I wish'.)
 
Jó estét mindenkinek!
Good night, darling. ('Drágám' — literally 'my dear', the -m is 'my'.)
 
Jó éjszakát, drágám!
What's your name? (informal / formal) (Literally 'how do they call you' — passive-like construction.)
 
Hogy hívnak? / Hogy hívják?
My name is Alex. And yours? (Literally 'I am Alex. And you[accusative]?' — short for 'how do they call you'.)
 
Alex vagyok. És téged?
Sorry, I didn't understand. ('Bocsánat' — literally 'forgiveness'.)
 
Bocsánat, nem értettem.
Excuse me. (Literally 'looking past [it]' — el- (away) + nézés (looking).)
 
Elnézést!
Sorry / pardon me. ('Bocs' is the casual short form.)
 
Bocsánat! / Bocs!
Please. (Literally 'I ask you' — informal / formal. Same word also means 'please give me'.)
 
Kérlek. / Kérem.
Thank you for your help. ('Segítség' (help) + -ed (your) + -et (accusative).)
 
Köszönöm a segítségedet.
You're welcome. (Literally 'gladly' / 'with heart' — from 'szív' (heart).)
 
Szívesen.
Nice to meet you! (Literally 'I'm glad that I can get to know you'. -lek is the special 'I→you' verb ending.)
 
Örülök, hogy megismerhetlek!
Goodbye. ('Viszlát' is short for 'viszontlátásra' — literally 'until seeing again'.)
 
Viszlát! / Szia!
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