Hungarian 101: greetings

This week we will cover the very basics of Hungarian conversations, mainly greetings like Mizu?

Informal greetings all mean hi or hello and can be used as goodbyes too:

• Szia! - when you greet one person

• Sziasztok! - when you greet several people

• Helló! - general

Formal greetings for older or respected people, strangers:

• Jó reggelt! - Good morning!

• Jó napot! - Good afternoon! literally: Good day.

• Jó estét! - Good evening!

• Viszlát! - Bye!

• Viszontlátásra! - Goodbye! literally: To see you again.

How informal greetings go:

Szia! Hogy vagy?* / Mizu? / Mi újság?

Hi, how are you? What's up? / What's new?

*"gy" is quite a tricky sound to pronounce because this is a unique letter in the Hungarian alphabet. Check me out trying to pronounce these short terms here.

How greetings evolved?

Mi újság? → Mizujs? → Mizu?

They all mean the same thing but the shorter the version is the more informal it is!

How to introduce yourself in Hungarian:

• A nevem... (XY). - My name is...

• (XY)... vagyok. - I'm...

Let me know in the comments if you have any questions or you would like to know more about the greetings!

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