Hungarian Adverbs
Learning the Hungarian Adverbs is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Hungarian language. But first we need to know what the role of Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Hungarian.
Hungarian adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs.
Grammar Tips:
While in English adverbs are usually formed
by adding (-ly) to adjectives. In Hungarian many adverbs are formed
from adjectives by adding the suffix -<vowel>n to the singular form of
adjectives. In some cases the root of the adjective also changes. Examples:
Lassú (slow) becomes lassan (slowly)
Tökéletes (perfect) becomes tökéletesen (perfectly)
Bamba (inane, oafish) becomes bambán
Sűrű (thick) becomes sűrűn
Lagymatag (tepid, lukewarm, half-hearted)
becomes lagymatagon
However that’s not always the case. Some words are adverbs by nature.
For example:
Hogyan (how), and hőn (ardently,
fervently) are natural Hungarian adverbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Hungarian Adverbs |
| adverbs | határozószók |
| I read a book sometimes | Néha könyvet olvasok |
| I will never smoke | Soha nem fogok dohányozni |
| are you alone? | Egyedül vagy? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adverbs in Hungarian has a logical pattern. Locate the Adverbs above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Hungarian.
List of Adverbs in Hungarian
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Hungarian placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Hungarian vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Hungarian Adverbs |
| adverbs of time | időhatározók |
| yesterday | tegnap |
| today | ma |
| tomorrow | holnap |
| now | most |
| then | akkor |
| later | később |
| tonight | ma este |
| right now | most rögtön |
| last night | tegnap este |
| this morning | ma reggel |
| next week | jövő héten |
| already | már |
| recently | nemrég |
| lately | az utóbbi időben |
| soon | hamar / hamarosan |
| immediately | azonnal |
| still | még mindig |
| yet | még |
| ago | ezelőtt |
| |
| adverbs of place | helyhatározók |
| here | itt |
| there | ott |
| over there | amott |
| everywhere | mindenhol |
| anywhere | bárhol |
| nowhere | sehol |
| home | otthon |
| away | távol |
| out | kinn / kint |
| |
| adverbs of manner | módhatározók |
| very | nagyon |
| quite | egészen |
| pretty | elég / eléggé |
| really | igazán |
| fast | gyorsan ("gyors" is an adjective, not an adverb of manner) |
| well | jól |
| hard | keményen |
| quickly | gyorsan |
| slowly | lassan |
| carefully | gondosan |
| hardly | alig |
| barely | alig |
| mostly | többnyire |
| almost | majdnem |
| absolutely | teljesen |
| together | együtt |
| alone | kizárólag |
| |
| adverbs of frequency | gyakorisághatározók |
| always | mindig |
| frequently | gyakran |
| usually | rendszerint |
| sometimes | néha |
| occasionally | alkalmanként |
| seldom | elvétve |
| rarely | ritkán |
| never | soha |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Hungarian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Hungarian Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Hungarian lessons here: Learn Hungarian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.