Hi Kathleen,

Thank you for posting. That’s a wonderful reason to study Hungarian😄

To help you out with your learning planning, if you’re an absolute beginner and you have no experience with Hungarian at all, we’d suggest you start with the very basics: the alphabet and how to read and write Hungarian. There is a whole series dedicated to the alphabet and learning how to write, so please consider starting there.

Another series that is worth watching really early in your Hungarian learning is our pronunciation-related lessons.
You would then be ready to start with one of our main series, the Absolute Beginner series.

The next step would be the Beginner series, then the Upper Beginner, the Lower Intermediate, Intermediate, and finally the Upper Intermediate series. Each lesson of these series contains a dialogue and focuses on grammar, vocabulary, vocabulary usage, sample sentences and cultural notes.

In between these series, you can of course listen or watch other series too, depending on what appeals to you and your needs. However, the core grammar is found on the aforementioned series.

Should you need extra help with grammar, check out our grammar banks:
https://www.HungarianPod101.com/Hungarian-grammar/

As for enriching your vocabulary, you can check out the vocabulary lists:
https://www.HungarianPod101.com/Hungarian-vocabulary-lists/
We’re constantly adding new content. Check out the other options under the menu “”Vocabulary”" as well.

We hope this is helpful. If you have any more questions about the website or Hungarian, don’t hesitate to contact us again.

Wishing you all the best!
Cristiane
Team HungarianPod101.com

Hi everyone,

I’m Australian but my grandmother is Hungarian and I would love to learn to speak the language. It was my mothers first language (she was born here is Australia) so she is still quite proficient and I’d love to be able to speak hungarian also. Seems a bit daunting though - it’s been a long time since I’ve tried to learn another language and hard to know the best way to go about it!

Hi Finn,

Nice to meet you!

Thank you for message and for sharing your goals with us.

We’re here to help, so if you have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Cristiane
Team HungarianPod101.com

Hey everyone,

I would like to introduce myself today. I am Finn, I have lived in Budapest, Hungary for 4 months now and I am going to learn the language in this year with the help of this website. I am a 22-year old student of International Relations (Master-level), originally from Germany, and I am already able to say things like basic vocabulary and some basic phrases.
My goal here is to be able to speak Hungarian with locals until the end of the year and I am confident that I chose the right platform to learn it.
I try to do it by:
1) consistent action
2) following the recommended path
3) speaking with locals in Hungarian everytime I can
4) never giving up
5) learning from mistakes

If anybody wants to meet up here in Budapest, I am very happy to join/organize a meeting!

Cheers and best regards,
Finn

Hi Silvia,

Thank you for posting and welcome to HungarianPod101.com!
You are in the right place. I recommend to check this video series:
“Learn Hungarian in 3 Minutes” https://www.hungarianpod101.com/index.php?cat=49

If you have questions, let us know!
Thank you,
Ofelia
Team HungarianPod101.com

Hello. I live in Orlando, Florida and moved here from Sao Paulo, Brazil. My entire family is Hungarian and I grew up speaking the language with my grandparents but after several years apart I lost it😞. We are travelling to Hungary for the first time this year and I want to learn/remember as much as I can before getting there. Koszonom!

Kedves (Dear) Kathleen (Kati),

Thank you for posting and sharing your story!
We’re glad to hear that you’re making friends in Hungary and that you’re interested in learning the language.
Magyar nyelv is not the easiest one, so I’m pretty sure your friends really appreciate your efforts.
Please feel free to ask us if you have any question.
We’re happy to help!
Please update us on your language learning journey! We’re looking forward to hearing from you again!
Üdvözlettel,
Lena
Team HungarianPod101.com

Szia
A few months ago I met a woman from Hungary on Facebook. I am an American living in New York and she lives in Hungary. We developed an instant friendship and soon members of her family “friended” me on Facebook as well.. 😄 We all really struggle to communicate and the “Translator” system on the internet does not work well with Magyar nyelv. I am assuming the Translator is challenged by the affixes and the overall “Agglutination” process of the Hungarian language. I have continued to gain friends from Hungary both on Facebook and using a Penpal system. I am currently corresponding with over 20 people from Hungary and the Ukraine. Many of my online friends are making me “sound bytes” and developing language lessons for me. I am fully committed to mastering Magyar nyelv and from what I can see, your language system has all of the tools I need to be successful.
Kösönöm szépen (Thank you very much) for offering this creative and innovative learning system.
Üdvözlettel (Regards)
Kathleen (Kati)

Hello Maria,

Thank you for sharing your story! If you learned Hungarian when you were young, I believe you will be able to speak the language again soon as you mentioned, by unlocking your Hungarian. I believe your next trip to Hungary will be so much fun if you speak Hungarian. Feel free to let us know if you have any questions when learning Hungarian with us. We will be very happy to help you!

Jae
Team HungarianPod101.com

Szia
I used to speak fluent Hungarian (up to the age of 5 years old) then the English language strongly took over. This was a very long time ago but now in my late 50s I am determined to “unlock” this so that I can have a conversation with my aunt who lives in Hungary. (This is my only living family member of that generation as I lost both my parents in 2015 who were both bilingual). I have been to Hungary, many, many times but then always had my parents to translate. So now moving forward, I’m now enrolled to Hungarianpod101 to unlock the Hungarian language within me!