Wednesday 7 November 2007

Dictionary of english and hungarian(pronunciation)

Hello.Szervusz. (Servoos)
Hello. (informal)Szia. (Seeyaa)
How are you?Hogy vagy? (Haw-dy vaw-dy?)
Fine, thank you.Köszönöm, jól. (Kur-sur-num, yool)
What is your name?Hogy hívnak? (Haw-dy heew-nock?)
My name is ______ .______ vagyok. ( _____ vawdy-yok.)
Nice to meet you.Örvendek. (erv-en-dek)
Please.Kérem. (Kay-rem)
Thank you.Köszönöm. (kers-ern-erm)
You're welcome.Szívesen. (see-vesh-en)
Yes.Igen. (Ee-gen)
No.Nem. (Nem)
Excuse me. (getting attention)Elnézést. (el-nay-zaysht)
Excuse me. (begging pardon)Bocsánatot kérek. (Boch-A-not)
I'm sorry.Bocsánat. (Boch-A-not)
Goodbye.Viszontlátásra. (Vees-ont-lA-tAsh-ro)
Goodbye. (informal)Viszlát/Szia. (see-ya)
I can't speak Hungarian [well].Nem tudok [jól] magyarul. (nem too-dok modge-a-rool)
Do you speak English?Beszél angolul? (Beh-sail awn-goal-ool?)
Is there someone here who speaks English?Beszél itt valaki angolul?
Help!Segítség! (seg-eech-ayg!)
Look out!Vigyázz!
Good morning. (before around 9 AM)Jó reggelt! (joo reg-elt)
Good morning. (after 9 AM)Jó napot! (joo nap-ot)
Good afternoon.Jó napot! (joo nap-ot)
Good evening.Jó estét! (joo esht-ayt)
Good night.Jó éjt! or Jó éjszakát! (joo ate / joo ays-ak-aaht)
I don't understand.Nem értem. (nem ayr-tem)
Where is the toilet?Hol van a mosdó? (hol van o mosh-doo?)

1 comment:

Fernando said...

Thanks for your precious contribution, Luísa, we can try to spell it out during our 5 hours flight to Budapest, to impress our hungarian partners when we arrive - but we can also post some webcam recording (or something similar) with portuguese spelling - anyone wants to give it a try?