Hi!
Szia is a friendly greeting to one person.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 1 · HUNGARIAN
Hungarian: First words
Meet someone, say hello and say goodbye.
Informal · friends and people your age. Learn the meaning, listen to the pronunciation, then practise in the interactive lesson.
Try your first lessonOpening vocabulary referenceUseful Hungarian phrases and their meanings
Good morning!
Jó means good; reggelt is the greeting form of reggel, morning.
Thank you.
Köszönöm is polite and useful with anyone; köszi is informal.
Goodbye!
Viszlát is a common, polite shortened farewell.
How the sentence works
Hungarian puts stress on the first syllable. Szia works both as hello and goodbye to one person. Use sziasztok for several people.
A short conversation in Hungarian
Hi!
Hi! Good morning!
Goodbye!
Words to recognise
hi / bye
good
morning
thank you
Listen to the whole phrase before focusing on each word. You can replay as often as you like, and the interactive lesson uses pictures and a short exchange to put the meaning in context.
Open the interactive lessonThe opening six teaching lessons are free, including the mini-tests after lessons three and six. A test accepts any answer and shows the score and corrections at the end. No typing or speaking aloud is required.
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The pronunciation uses prepared synthetic voices. Credits and licences explain the free voice models. Independent native-speaker certification is not claimed.