Foreigners try to speak Hungarian on TikTok – VIDEOS
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Hungarian is a challenging but not impossible language. The pronunciation, in particular, is a massive challenge for learners, and for some strange reason, the internet (including us) loves hearing non-natives speak Hungarian. YouTube is already full of videos, and the trend is continuing on TikTok.
Hungarian is one of the most difficult languages in the world, even according to the American government’s Foreign Service Insitute (FSI) responsible for the language training of diplomats. It is definitely a unique and complicated language, which causes the most trouble for language learners all over the world.
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Why is the language so difficult?
Hungarian is difficult because it does not have many related languages, unlike Germanic or Latin languages, so the words and the rules will be entirely new for most learners. The difference between subjective and objective conjugation, the unique use of verb prefixes and all those different suffixed forms do not make it any easier either. There are at least 18 cases (like dative, instrumental and terminative), and there is no specific word order. If something stands at the beginning of a sentence, it tends to be emphasised. Furthermore, there are 14 vowels and 30 consonants in the Hungarian language.
Hungarian on TikTok
There are many videos on TikTok of people attempting to learn or just read out loud in foreign languages. For some reason, the internet particularly loves hearing people trying to speak Hungarian on the app.
While it is certainly true that Hungarian, in particular the grammar is difficult to learn, getting english right is no mean feat. This is clearly demonstrated by article that appears today on the Daily News Hungary about the Nyugati railway terminus. It is littered with grammatical and syntax errors that can but make a native english speaker either laugh or despair (or both).