a | á | b | c | cs | d | dz | dzs | e | é | f |
g | gy | h | i | í | j | k | l | ly | m | n |
ny | o | ó | ö | ő | p | q | r | s | sz | t |
ty | u | ú | ü | ű | v | w | x | y | z | zs |
A magánhangzók rövid-hosszú párokat alkotnak. / Vowels are in short and long pairs:
a – á, e – é, i – í, o – ó, ö – ő, u – ú, ü – ű
a: magyar (Hungarian) – similar to English wash ; á: vár (wait) – similar to English car
e: megy (go) – similar to English pen ; é: négy (four) – similar to English take
i: kicsi (little) – similar to English big ; í: tíz (ten) – similar to English keep
o: orvos (doctor) – similar to English or ; ó: kóla (coke) – similar to English more
ö: köszi (thanks) – similar to English television ; ő: nő (woman) – similar to English sir
u: fut (run) – similar to English foot ; ú: nyúl (rabbit) – similar to English move
ü: üveg (bottle) – similar to German Stück ; ű: tűz (fire) – similar to German Übung
Mássalhangzók / Consonants:
c: cukor (sugar) – similar to English cats
cs: csirke (chicken) – similar to English watch
d: diák (student) – similar to English dig
dz: edz (do workout) – similar to English heads
dzs: dzsungel (jungle) – similar to English joke
f: fa (tree) – similar to English feel
g: szag (smell) – similar to English go
gy: egy (one) – similar to English duke
h: hal (fish) – similar to English house
j: jó (good) – similar to English you
k: kutya (dog) – similar to English kitchen
l: ló (horse) – similar to English live
ly: folyó (river) – similar to English young
m: munka (work) – similar to English mother
n: tanul (study) – similar to English now
ny: lány (girl) – similar to English new
p: nap (day) – similar to English print
q: kvartett (quartet) – similar to English queen
r: rossz (bad) – similar to English ring
s: piros (red) – similar to English shop
sz: szép (beautiful) – similar to English see
t: tanár (teacher) – similar to English hit
ty: tyúk (hen) – similar to English tune
v: vendég (guest) – similar to English level
w: WC (toilet) – similar to English vet
x: luxus (luxury) – similar to English taxi
y: party (party) – similar to English kiss
z: zárva (closed) – similar to English busy
zs: rizs (rice) – similar to English vision
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