Budapest Hotels, Budapest Apartments, Hotel Apartment Accommodation in Budapest.

Basics of Hungarian grammar

We don't have gender in our grammar. So there is not "he" and "she", and not gender for words. This is why Hungarian people usually say "he" for a girl or vice versa.

There are also not capitals for the first letters (like in German, or "Monday", "I", "English" in English). The only capitals are for names/places, etc.

The order of the words are not fixed in contrast to English. Usually the sequence of the words is equal to the decreasing importance. For example:

holnap = tomorrow moziba = to the cinema megyek = I (will) go

Holnap moziba megyek. = [default]
Holnap moziba megyek. = I will go to the cinema tomorrow.
Moziba megyek holnap. = I will go to the cinema tomorrow.
Megyek holnap a moziba. = I will go to the cinema tomorrow.
Elmegyek a moziba holnap. = I will go to the cinema tomorrow. (It's sure.)
Én megyek holnap a moziba. = I will go to the cinema tomorrow.

There is also the same order for questions:

Holnap moziba megyünk. = We will go to the cinema tomorrow.
Holnap moziba megyünk? = Will we go to the cinema tomorrow?
Megyünk holnap moziba? = Will we go to the cinema tomorrow?

etc.

Generally personal pronouns are used only for emphasizing, since they are known from the inflection:

I read = olvasok = én olvasok
you read = olvasol = te olvasol
he/she reads = olvas = o olvas

Hungarian language is "additive" which means that we meld some letters to the end of the word. Some examples for inflection:

table = asztal
on table = asztalON
to table = asztalHOZ
onto table = asztalRA

etc.

The sign of the plural is a "k" at the end of the word. To make pronounciation easier, sometimes a vowel is inserted:

tables = asztalOK.

We don't use plural for units and multiple things with their quantity given:

100 forint, 10 kg, 2 asztal, etc.

Please note that Hungarian is a very rich language. We have lots of synonymes for a word. For example, there are appr. 200 different words describing the race and colouring of a horse.

We create "new" words by adding some of them also (compounds), just like "public transport" = "tömeg+közlekedés" but it is not so serious as in the German language.