language

31/03/2017

Surprising facts about foreign language learning in Hungary

More and more Hungarians speak foreign languages each year, yet our results are still very weak
26/03/2017

Mini language lesson #5: Swearing in Hungarian

Do you have a favourite Hungarian swear word? :)
11/03/2017

Mini language lesson #4: The Hungarian alphabet

How do you like our mini language lesson series? :)
28/02/2017

Few Hungarian pupils learn a second foreign language

English is the most commonly studied language at lower secondary level in Hungary
26/02/2017

Mini language lesson #3: Basic Hungarian grammar

It's grammar time! ;)
17/02/2017

Hollywood stars try to speak Hungarian – VIDEOS

You might have experienced that trying to speak Hungarian, or just saying a few words in our language, can be quite a challenge as a foreigner. […]
13/02/2017

Mini language lesson #2: Animal names and sayings

Welcome to our second mini session where we try to help you learn some of the nuts and bolts of the Hungarian language with witty learning […]
08/02/2017

Hungarian government right to insist on foreign language requirement for university entry, says business lobbyist

Budapest, February 8 (MTI) – A leading business lobbyist has defended the government’s policy requiring all aspiring undergraduates to pass an intermediate-level foreign language exam from […]
07/02/2017

Hungary’s public education system unprepared for language exams

Budapest, February 7 (MTI) – Many hard-working students have no chance of passing their intermediate-level language exam in grammar schools because the public education system has […]
05/02/2017

Foreigners try to speak Hungarian: Hungarian words are not that easy, funny VIDEO!

Foreigners try to speak Hungarian and they try to say some ‘easy’words like ’Szia!’ or ‘Kérem’ and more difficult one like ‘Egészségedre!’. Funny video HERE:   
29/01/2017

Mini language lesson #1: Hungarian greetings and slang

Learning Hungarian can seem to be an impossible mission due to the endless variations of ending, grammatical rules, and exceptions. This is why we came up […]
26/01/2017

Zsolt Németh: Ukraine must guarantee minority language rights

Strasbourg (MTI) – Ukraine must ensure that national minorities living in its territory can retain the language rights they currently enjoy, even if the country passes […]
01/01/2017

More than 200,000 foreign students learn Hungarian with Duolingo

Furthermore, the most popular, free language learning app is also used more-and-more by Hungarians, reports szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu. Duolingo online language learning platform has had 1.8 million Hungarian […]
01/01/2017

Brilliant wordplays of the Hungarian language

As you might know, we are very much fascinated by the curiosities of the Hungarian language, even though it is our mother tongue. The Hungarian grammar […]
21/12/2016

A great video explaining the Hungarian language in English

The NativLang YouTube channel has released a 6-minute video explaining the Hungarian language for foreigners. The narrator of the video talks about Hungarian suffixes, the history […]
15/12/2016

CoE report says minority language protection increased in Hungary, calls for further efforts

Brussels (MTI) – The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Experts praised Hungary in a report published on Wednesday for the increased political support of minority […]
11/12/2016

The first free Hungarian language course for native Ukrainian speakers was a success

This year, more than 600 Ukrainian children spent part of their summer holiday at lake Velence as guests of the Hungarian government. The first phase of […]
20/11/2016

A Hungarian expression is mentioned in Arrival, the sci-fi movie of the year

“Hungarians even named it” says the CIA officer to Amy Adams and her colleagues in one of the scenes of Arrival, but he doesn’t say which […]
02/11/2016

Hungary gets observer status in Community of Portuguese Language Countries

Budapest (MTI) – Hungary has been granted associate observer status in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. The community […]
08/10/2016

The toughest and funniest Hungarian tongue-twisters

Tongue-twisters are usually funny sentences, words, small texts or poem excerptions that are quite hard to pronounce clearly. Especially because very similar words follow each other, […]