Hungarian is not an Indo-European language (not Slavic, Germanic or Latin). It is said to be distantly related to Finnish and Estonian. Hungarian is considered hard, but it does have many easy aspects. Some insight can be very useful anyway.

See this blog post for inspiration: http://www.fluentin3months.com/hungarian-is-easy/

There are 14 vowels (7 short–long pairs) and 25 consonants (but only 12 different from English).

See Hungarian sounds for details.

This is just a random list of some useful words if you happen to be in Hungary.

• igen = yes
• nem = no
• köszönöm = thank you

• utca = street
• út = road
• körút = boulevard (ringroad)
• tér = square
• híd = bridge
• kerület = district

• nyitva = open
• zárva = closed
• óra = hour
• délelőtt (de.) = am.
• délután (du.) = pm.

• hétfő = Monday
• kedd = Tuesday
• szerda = Wednesday
• csütörtök = Thursday
• péntek = Friday
• szombat = Saturday
• vasárnap = Sunday

• bejárat = entrance
• kijárat = exit
• tolni = push
• húzni = pull

• mosdó = toilet/bathroom
• férfi = man
• nő = woman

• tilos = forbidden