Where are you from?
Honnan = from where; jöttél = you came. A natural informal introduction question.
FREE BEGINNER LESSON 5 · HUNGARIAN
Hungarian: Where are you from?
Say where you come from and where you live.
Informal · getting acquainted. 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 from England.
Anglia = England; -ból = from; jöttem = I came. Anglia changes to Angliá- before this suffix.
Where do you live?
Hol = where; laksz = you live, informal singular.
I live in Budapest.
Budapest + -en = in Budapest; lakom = I live. Many Hungarian town names take -on/-en/-ön.
How the sentence works
Location endings vary: Angliából means from England, while Magyarországról means from Hungary. -ban/-ben means in; Budapest takes -en: Budapesten. Learn the place name together with its ending.
A short conversation in Hungarian
Where are you from?
I am from England. And you?
From Hungary.
Words to recognise
from where
where
England
Hungary
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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