Hungarian ABC (with examples on English words)

Hungarian Alphabet
(with examples on English words)

Although Hungarian is one of the most difficult languages, it is relatively easy to learn to read it. Like many Eastern European and Asian languages, Hungarian is a sound describing language which means each letter corresponds to a sound, and reading a word means pronouncing the letters sequentially which make up the word.

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Hungarian sound	Example in an English word	Example in a Hungarian word	=	Translation of Hungarian example
a	far	kabát	=	coat
á	cut	láz	=	fever
b	boat	bíró	=	judge
c	cats	kocka	=	cube
cs	catch	csirke	=	chicken
d	deer	edény	=	dish
dz	birds	madzag	=	string
e	men	egér	=	mouse
é	game	kék	=	blue
f	fit	fedő	=	lid
g	goal	golyó	=	roller / ball
gy	schedule	gyökér	=	root
h	high	híd	=	bridge
i	hit	piros	=	red
í	beer	papír	=	paper
j	yankie	jó	=	good
k	kit	kenyér	=	bread
l	loop	láb	=	leg
ly	yankie	lyuk	=	hole
m	man	magyar	=	Hungarian
n	man	nagy	=	big
ny	manual	nyúl	=	rabbit
o	falcon	bor	=	wine
ó	core	só	=	salt
ö	her	sör	=	beer
ő	kerb	bőr	=	skin
p	point	kapu	=	gate
r	ring	róka	=	fox
s	ship	sárga	=	yellow
sz	seek	szikra	=	spark
t	tip	toll	=	feather / pen
ty	get you	tyúk	=	hen
u	good	utas	=	passenger
ú	loop	út	=	way
ü	manure	üveg	=	bottle / glass
ű	grün(1)	hűtőgép	=	fridge
v	veel	vaj	=	butter
z	bees	központ	=	centre
zs	casual	mazsola	=	sultana

(1): This sound does not exist in English. I used a German word for the example