How to be conversationally fluent in a new language in one year
If you learn language as a hobby instead of a job, if you do it to build relationships instead of studying the language, and if you use curiosity as your greatest learning tool you can learn language even part time with great efficiency. You will be surprised at how you can insert language learning into your daily life without having to make it a time consuming, draining experience keeping the mind at its highest learning curve! Read more »
Gymnastics of the Brain: Hungarian Language
There is one thing to the foreigners about the Hungarians that is more complicated than the Rubik’s cube. If in some way foreigners find the Hungarian people a complicated race, even more so the Hungarian language causes both their brains and tongues to do Olympic level gymnastics. Read more »
Public Behavior, Courtesy
The Hungarians are a very courteous and polite people. This is very pleasant and also reminds me of my own Latin heritage, where courtesy, and how one treats others in public is very important.
Hungarians use two words which do not directly translate into English for how one treats other people; Read more »
Smiling, Eye-Contact, Sharing
The Smiling Factor
Hungarians tend to behave reserved, cautious and skeptical in public.
Americans behave alert and confident. Read more »
Conversation: Misunderstandings, Hidden Expectations
Language is often indirect and imprecise, and purposely so. Hungarians are almost always less direct than Americans and depend on nuances of meaning in many cases. Read more »
Verbal Behavior
Hungarians are almost always less direct than North Americans, and depend on nuances of meaning in many cases. Humor, sometimes sarcastic, may be used to convey a message. Read more »
Body Language, Nonverbal Communication
Differences in the way people communicate often cause misunderstandings, which is why business visitors should have some understanding of the basics of Hungarian nonverbal behavior. Of course, as with any business culture, you will find plenty of individual variation. Read more »
The Language of Business
People who are very good in reading and writing a foreign language, might encounter hardships in verbal communication. They may not understand as well as you think they do. Read more »
Hungarian - A Strange Cake on the Menu
You can be proud of anything, if you really want to be. Ostriches, I suppose, are proud of not being able to fly - this would be an embarrassment to most birds, but oh how fast an ostrich can run! Read more »
Business Negotiations in Hungary
When entering a negotiation, keep in mind that Hungarians like to disagree for the sake of discussion and new ideas. Hungarians do not hesitate to interrupt, argue and criticize if they feel it is needed. Read more »
Linguistic Literacy Information
Hungarians have immense pride in their language. Hungarian language has withstood the test of time and the incursions of dozens of outside forces throughout the centuries. It is unique and unlike any other European language.
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Language - a Source of Identity
The people of Hungary speak the Hungarian language. This is their target language and their traditional language. Hungarian is considered by many to be among the most challenging languages worldwide. Read more »
