| a: a in the father but with rounded lips | á: a in the father | e: two kinds, 1. a in the man, 2. e in the men they are the same in writings. I help you writing the second type as ë. | é: a in the day | i: i in the sit | í: ea in the eagle | o: o in the most, but stop in the middle of the sound and do not say u at the end |
| ó: long oh | ö: i in the girl but with rounded lips and not so long (=German ö) | õ: i in the girl but with rounded lips and it is longer a little bit | u: u in the put | ú: oo in the spoon | ü: the same like ü in the German lang. | û: long ü |
y: at the end of old surnames it means usually i
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r (always strong), t, v, z: they
are the same as in English
c: say t and z at the same time, same as the German z in the Zeit
cs: ch in the child
g: in the game
gy: the first consonant in the duke
j: y in the year
ly: y in the year, in old names at the end of the surname usually: li.
Long time
ago it sounded different than j.
ny: n in the new (GB), say n and y (year) at the same time
s: sh in the shield
sz: s in the spell
ty: tth in the Matthew
zs: s in the usual
Long consonants are written with double letters e.g.: gg. In the case of the consonants signed with two letters double the first one e.g. ssz means ss.
This is the base situation, but the business is more difficult in the words. Sometimes it would be very hard to pronounce the consonants writed after each other. In this case try to say it easily, the consonants will change to another consonant. E.g. játszik (he/she plays)-> jáccik. This rule is used mainly at the suffixes, therefore you cannot worry about it very much.
táltos [TAHL-tosh]: 1. Magyar shaman, wizard
2. táltos horse: magical steed
javas [YAH-vahsh]: an
alternate
name of the táltoses
magyar [MAH-dyahr]: Hungarian
székely
[SEH-kay]: Hungarian languaged folk, guardians of some borders
tatár
[TAH-tahr]: Mongol or Tatar
Erdély [EHR-day]:
Transylvania
Árpád [AHR-pahd]: the reigning prince
of the Magyar conquestors
András [AHND-rush]: three kings
wore this name, = Andrew
Álmos [AHL-mohsh]: name of a
Magyar reigning prince and many princes (called 'younger king')
Imre
[EM-reh]: e.g. a Hungarian king, = Emery
Béla [BEH-lah]:
four kings wore this name
István [ESHT-vahn]: five kings
wore this name, = Stephen
Kálmán [KAHL-mahn]:
e.g. a Hungarian king
Géza [GHEH-zah]: two kings wore
this name
László [LAHS-loh]: many kings wore this
name, = Leslie
Koppány [KOHPP-ahnj]: Saint István's
pagan rival to the leadership of the Magyars in 997
Gellért
[GEHL-lehrt]: a martyr bishop, saint
Margit [MAHR-geet]:
famous nun, daughter
of Béla II
Esztergom [AS-tehr-gohm]: a
city, location of the main archbishop
Fehérvár
[FEH-har-wahr]: the “capital” of Hungary in this era =
White Castle
Veszprém [VAS-pram]: the city of the Hungarian
queens
Created: Dec 09, 2004