What is your name?
Hogy = how; hívnak = they call you. The whole question means what is your name.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 3 · HUNGARIAN
Hungarian: Nice to meet you
Introduce yourself and ask a name.
Informal · introductions. Learn the meaning, listen to the pronunciation, then practise in the interactive lesson.
Practise this lessonOpening vocabulary referenceUseful Hungarian phrases and their meanings
I am Anna.
Anna = a name; vagyok = I am. Your own name goes before vagyok.
Nice to meet you.
Örülök literally means I am pleased; it is a natural short introduction response.
And you?
Téged is the object form of te. Here it stands for and what do they call you?
How the sentence works
Hívnak literally means they call; Hogy hívnak? is the usual informal way to ask a name. The answer can simply be a name followed by vagyok.
A short conversation in Hungarian
Hi! I am Anna.
Hi! I am Péter. Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you too.
Words to recognise
name
I
you (informal singular)
I am pleased
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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