Everybody cherishes the American guy who ordered in Hungarian! – VIDEO

Almost everybody agrees that the Hungarian language is not among the easiest ones. As a result, most foreigners do not even try to learn more than some words and phrases like “Köszönöm!” (“Thank you!”) and “Szia” (“Hi”). But not this American guy. He ordered a complex menu at a Burger King Drive Thru in Hungarian and posted a TikTok video about it, which went viral soon after.

Learning Hungarian is challenging

Do you remember the British girl who broke down when she heard Hungarian? We wrote about her in January. Her task was to guess languages after hearing a few sentences or counting. An English participant of the show had to guess Hungarian, but the counting from 1 to 5 in Hungarian shocked her. Click HERE to read the full story and check out the funny video.

Without a shadow of a doubt, Hungarian is one of the most challenging languages in the world. Although a British tourist can easily deduct and use some Spanish words on a holiday in Spain or do the same in Italy, in Hungary, it is almost impossible to comprehend even the basics of our language.

Another consequence of the uniqueness of our language is that it is hard for us to learn another language because no language is similar to ours. A Romanian can easily grasp French, Spanish or Italian, while Slovaks can make themselves understood by a Polish, a Russian or a Czech individual. Hungarians master languages harder and that is probably why the foreign language knowledge level is one of the lowest in Europe in Hungary.

American guy ordered in Hungarian

Recently, an American guy blew up the internet with his Hungarian knowledge which made him able to order at a Burger King Drive Thru. Ordering by leaning out from a car window while there is regularly a constant traffic noise in the background is not easy even if you speak the language fluently. There are many misunderstandings generating extra questions you cannot prepare for. You do not only have to speak correctly and pronounce the word perfectly but also use a good intonation, etc. Therefore, most foreigners do not even try to place their orders that way.

Photo: PrtScr/Tiktok

But this American guy was brave enough and succeeded without an error. We can see that sometimes it was hard for him to understand everything, and once it took him some time to dig up the correct word (“fagyi” – ide cream). And he did not only order a cheeseburger with fries. His menu was much more complex:

Lots of positive feedback – viral video

He received lots of positive feedback. A commenter wrote “OMG, in my experience, foreigners have difficulty pronouncing “ö” but you nailed it! Amazing job”. Others congratulated him for his good command of Hungarian, others said he spoke better than some Hungarians. We hope that the success and the feedback will encourage him to continue his career in mastering the language. People also appreciated that he ordered very politely in Hungarian. “This just felt wholesome, you seem too pure-hearted, we protect you at all cost”, a commenter wrote.

“Did I do it well?”, the wholesome American guy asks at the end of the video. Photo: PrtScr/Tiktok

He already amassed 115 thousand views on his video and more than 8,000 likes. The number of comments exceeds 180 and all of them are positive.

@exotranq That was great practice! Let me know how I did 😅 thank you @Burger King for the meal! #fyp #xyzbca #hungary #american #language #viral #challenge #food ♬ original sound – exotranc

Read also:

• The history of the Hungarian language – read our article HERE
• 12 facts about the Hungarian language you did not know about – check out the details in THIS article