Sziasztok, Lívia vagyok! Hi everybody! I’m Livia. |
Welcome to HungarianPod101.com’s “Magyar nyelvleckék három percben”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Hungarian. |
In the last lesson, we learned the numbers from one to ten. Do you remember? In case you don’t, I'll tell you again: |
Egy, kettő, három, négy, öt, hat, hét, nyolc, kilenc, tíz. |
And now let’s continue from eleven. |
tizenegy. (11) |
[slowly] tizenegy. |
tizenkettő. (12) |
[slowly] tizenkettő. |
tizenhárom. (13) |
[slowly] tizenhárom. |
tizennégy. (14) |
[slowly] tizennégy. |
tizenöt. (15) |
[slowly] tizenöt. |
tizenhat. (16) |
[slowly] tizenhat. |
tizenhét. (17) |
[slowly] tizenhét. |
tizennyolc. (18) |
[slowly] tizennyolc. |
tizenkilenc. (19) |
[slowly] tizenkilenc. |
And finally we have: |
húsz (20) |
[slowly] húsz. |
Okay, now repeat after me. I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one. |
tizenegy |
tizenkettő |
tizenhárom |
tizennégy |
tizenöt |
tizenhat |
tizenhét |
tizennyolc |
tizenkilenc |
húsz |
These numbers may seem harder to remember, but you might have noticed that they all start with tizen-, which means “in the tens”. The latter part is the same as the singular numbers. |
Let’s not stop at 20! Counting to one hundred is super easy! Now I'll give you the tens: |
harminc (30) |
(slowly) harminc |
negyven (40) |
(slowly) negyven |
ötven (50) |
(slowly) ötven |
hatvan (60) |
(slowly) hatvan |
hetven (70) |
(slowly) hetven |
nyolcvan (80) |
(slowly) nyolcvan |
kilencven (90) |
(slowly) kilencven |
száz (100) |
(slowly) száz |
While you have to memorize a few of these numbers, from 50 to 90 just put -ven after the singular numbers and you have it! |
The last thing you’ll learn in this lesson is how to form compound numbers above twenty. This is also super easy! |
Take the tens and simply add the numbers you learned in the previous lesson. |
Let’s try it out. |
How would you say “fifty-six” in Hungarian? Let’s take it step-by-step. "Fifty" is ötven, and then add "six", hat. |
ötvenhat! It’s done! Isn’t that easy? |
Let’s make another number, for instance, "ninety-eight." |
Take "ninety", kilencven, and add "eight", nyolc |
Kilencvennyolc! |
The only exceptions are the twenties. Twenty is húsz, but when saying “twenty-one”, “twenty-two,” húsz changes to huszon- |
For example, Huszonegy. “Twenty-one.” |
Huszonkettő. “Twenty-two.” And so on. |
Now it’s time for Livia’s tips. |
Make sure you pay attention to the pronunciation. |
For example, 20 is húsz with a long u, but 21 is huszonegy, with the u pronounced short. |
Négy is “four”, but “forty” is negyven. |
After only two lessons, you are now able to count to one hundred in Hungarian! |
In the next lesson we are going to put your number knowledge to use! Do you have all the skills you need to go shopping in Hungary? If not, I'll be waiting for you in our next Magyar nyelvleckék három percben lesson. |
Sziasztok! |
Comments
HideHi everyone,
Can you count your age in Hungarian?
Hi Rene!
I'm glad you find them easy.
In the below example, you'd have to use kettő.
11 száztizenkettő
234 kétszázharmincnégy or kettőszázharmincnégy are both correct
331 háromszázharmincegy
Hajrá! :)
Csaba
Team HungarianPod101.com
Szia Csaba,
Köszönöm. /Thanks!
I think that Hungarian numbers are easy / könnyű
112 száz tizenkét (one word or two words?)
234 kétszáz harmincnégy
331 hármonszáz harmincegy
Question / kérdés:
Is kettő used only when talking about units but két is used when making larger numbers?
Hi Rene,
You have grasped the way to construct numbers, there are just a few spelling errors.
48 negyvennyolc
23 huszonhárom
15 tizenöt
Can you also do these?
112
234
331
Csaba
Team HungarianPod101.com
Szia Csaba,
Exercises, I like it! :smile:
48 negyevennyolc
56 ötvenhat
20 húsz
23 huszhárom
15 tizenött
31 harmincegy
96 kilencvenhat
Hi Rene,
Excellent! :smile:
Please type out these too:
48
56
20
23
15
31
96
Hajrá!
Csaba
Team HungarianPod101.com
Here are some random numbers:
16 tizenhat
42 negyvenkettő
39 harminckilenc
53 ötvenhármon
17 tizenhét
72 hetvenkettő
98 kilencvennyolc
hehe :laughing: all from memory. :thumbsup:
Sziastok,
Szép lecke / nice lesson!
I had tried to learn the numbers in Hungarian before, only to get stuck at twenty (húsz).
Livia made it so easy, that now I can count from 1 to 100 without any problems.
Köszönöm! / Thanks! :grin: