Hungarian Language

Greetings & Introductions

Introduce yourself by name, nationality, and profession in a real face-to-face encounter.

Sounds & Spelling

Read any Hungarian word aloud with correct pronunciation using knowledge of vowel harmony and the Hungarian alphabet.

Numbers & Time

Ask for and state the time, date, and prices accurately in everyday situations.

Nouns & Cases

Use core noun cases to express location, direction, and objects in simple sentences.

Verbs & Present Tense

Conjugate common verbs in the present tense for all persons in both indefinite and definite paradigms.

Food & Café Conversations

Order a meal and pay the bill in a Hungarian café or restaurant.

Getting Around

Ask for and understand directions to navigate a Hungarian town on foot or by public transport.

Shopping & Daily Life

Complete a shopping transaction and describe your daily routine in Hungarian.

Past Tense Narratives

Narrate a simple past event using the definite and indefinite past tense conjugations.

Home & Family

Describe your home and family using possessives, spatial cases, and relational vocabulary.

Health & Body

Express physical symptoms and make a basic medical appointment in Hungarian.

Plans & Future

Express future plans and intentions using fog + infinitive and present-future forms.

Requests & Obligations

Make polite requests and express necessity using kell, kér, and the imperative mood.

Word Order & Focus

Place new information in focus position and correctly position verb prefixes to convey emphasis.

Verb Prefixes & Completion

Use the common verb prefixes meg-, el-, fel-/le- to express completion and direction of actions.

Comparisons & Opinions

Compare people and things and express opinions using comparative and superlative adjective forms.

Deeper Case Uses

Deploy the instrumental, causal-final, and translative cases to describe means, reasons, and changes.

Conjunctions & Complex Sentences

Link clauses with common subordinating and coordinating conjunctions to build multi-clause sentences.

Work & Study Life

Discuss your work or studies, describe a typical day at school or the office, and handle professional small talk.

Hungarian Culture in Use

Use culturally appropriate language in social situations including celebrations, traditions, and polite customs.

Everyday Opinions & Feelings

Express personal opinions, reactions, and emotions in everyday conversations using B1-level vocabulary and structures.

Telling Stories & Anecdotes

Tell a coherent anecdote or short personal story in Hungarian, using sequencing, past tense, and discourse connectors.

Making & Changing Plans

Negotiate, change, and confirm plans with other people in Hungarian, handling unexpected complications naturally.

Hungarian Home & Neighbourhood

Describe your neighbourhood, housing situation, and daily environment in natural B1 Hungarian.

Health, Habits & Lifestyle

Discuss lifestyle choices, health habits, and give and receive advice about wellbeing in Hungarian.

Conditional Mood & Hypotheticals

Use the Hungarian conditional mood to express wishes, hypothetical situations, and polite requests.

Travel & Tourism Conversations

Handle real travel situations in Hungarian — booking, navigating, and discussing trips with locals.

Verbs of Motion & Direction

Use directional verb pairs and motion verbs precisely to describe movement and give accurate directions.

Media, News & Current Events

Understand and discuss news headlines and current events in Hungarian, expressing views with supporting reasons.

Education & Learning Experiences

Discuss educational experiences, learning styles, and academic life in fluent B1 Hungarian.

Hungarian Society & Culture

Discuss aspects of Hungarian society, traditions, and contemporary culture with cultural confidence at B1 level.

Suffixes, Stems & Word Building

Recognise and use productive Hungarian derivational suffixes to build and decode new vocabulary independently.

Verb Patterns

Use prefixed verbs and verbal aspectual pairs accurately to describe complex ongoing and completed actions in professional and personal contexts.

Suffix Chains & Agglutination

Build and decode multi-suffix Hungarian words confidently, attaching case, possessive, and plural morphemes in the correct order.

Register & Formality

Switch between formal, neutral, and informal registers appropriately in writing and conversation across professional and social contexts.

Academic & Professional Discourse

Participate in academic and professional Hungarian interactions: present an argument, write a structured paragraph, and follow a formal discussion.

Complex Conditionals & Modality

Express nuanced conditions, hypothetical obligations, and modal shades (possibility, necessity, permission) using advanced Hungarian structures.

Extended Narrative & Discourse

Produce extended, coherent spoken and written narratives with varied time frames, viewpoints, and discourse structure.

Persuasion & Debate

Argue a position, challenge opposing views, and reach a negotiated outcome in Hungarian using persuasive language and debate strategies.

Work, Career & Networking

Handle professional networking, job interviews, and workplace discussions fully in Hungarian with appropriate vocabulary and register.

Hungarian Society & Current Issues

Discuss contemporary Hungarian social, political, and cultural topics with nuanced vocabulary and well-structured opinions.

Word Formation

Expand active vocabulary systematically by recognising and producing complex derived and compound words using Hungarian word-formation patterns.

Reading & Listening Strategies

Extract and critically evaluate information from authentic Hungarian texts and audio, using advanced comprehension strategies.

Sophisticated Opinion Expression

Deliver and defend nuanced personal positions on abstract topics in spoken and written Hungarian using advanced hedging, concession, and intensification strategies.

Abstract Vocabulary Expansion

Deploy a wide range of abstract nouns, collocations, and domain-specific vocabulary to discuss ideas, concepts, and phenomena with precision.

Subordination

Use a full range of subordinate clause types — causal, concessive, conditional, relative, and complement — to construct sophisticated, multi-clause sentences.

Formal & Written Conventions

Produce and interpret polished formal Hungarian texts — letters, reports, and essays — using genre-appropriate structure, punctuation, and register.

Lexical Precision & Collocation

Use fixed collocations, phrasal verbs with prefixes, and lexical chunks accurately enough to sound natural and idiomatic in both spoken and written Hungarian.

Speaking Fluency & Discourse Management

Sustain extended spoken interaction — presentations, debates, and interviews — managing turn-taking, repair, topic development, and spontaneous elaboration with minimal hesitation.

C1 Grammar Refinement

Eliminate residual grammatical gaps by mastering high-level structures — gerunds, converbs, double negation, and complex agreement — that distinguish C1 from B2 output.

Reading Complex Texts

Read and critically engage with authentic Hungarian texts — journalism, academic articles, and literature — extracting main arguments, implied meanings, and authorial stance.

Listening & Inferring

Understand extended authentic spoken Hungarian — lectures, debates, and interviews — tracking implicit meaning, speaker attitude, and cohesion across turns.

Hungarian Intellectual Culture

Engage confidently in discussions about Hungarian intellectual, artistic, and national identity, using culturally informed vocabulary and references appropriate to educated native speakers.

Masterful Spoken Hungarian

Sustain a nuanced, spontaneous extended monologue on abstract or culturally complex topics with native-level fluency and precision.

Precision Lexical Command

Select the exact word from near-synonyms and collocations to convey precise meaning in high-stakes written and spoken contexts.

Writing Craft

Produce a well-argued, stylistically polished Hungarian essay or formal text that meets native academic and professional standards.

C2 Grammar Mastery

Control the full Hungarian grammar system at native-speaker accuracy, including rare morphological alternations and stylistically marked constructions.

Hungarian Intellectual Discourse

Participate confidently as an equal in high-level academic, journalistic, and cultural debates conducted entirely in Hungarian.

Hungarian Culture at Mastery

Engage with Hungarian cultural output — literature, film, art, and civic discourse — as a fully competent participant rather than an outsider.

C2 Reading & Inference

Read any Hungarian text — literary, journalistic, or academic — with full comprehension, including implicit meaning and authorial stance.

C2 Listening Mastery

Comprehend any spoken Hungarian — rapid colloquial, formal academic, or regionally accented — with full understanding of nuance and implication.

Professional & Academic Integration

Perform at native level in high-stakes professional and academic Hungarian contexts, including presentations, publications, and formal negotiations.