Hungarian has the reputation of being one of the most difficult European languages. Not only does it have nearly 30 grammatical cases, it also has hardly any resemblance to any other European languages.
| Ending | Sample word | Suffix variation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant | Difference by vowel quality | Difference by vowel quality and ending | ||||
| -ig | -ban/-ben | -hoz/-hez/-höz | -unk/-ünk/-nk | -om/-am/-em/-öm/-m | ||
| Consonant | lakás | lakásig házig szemig körig fürdőig | lakásban házban | lakáshoz házhoz | lakásunk házunk | lakásom |
| ház | házam | |||||
| szem | szemben körben fürdőben* | szemhez | szemünk körünk | szemem | ||
| kör | körhöz fürdőhöz* | köröm | ||||
| Vowel | fürdő | fürdőnk | fürdőm | |||
Fearlessly, German born Siegmar Schoser has taken on the challenge of learning Hungarian. He has followed evening classes at the Stuttgart adult education centre and notes that he has been motived for two reasons i.e. his wife Szuszanna and because his employer operates subsidiaries in Hungary.
At present, Siegmar in fact seems to be working at one of these subsidiaries and, what is more, he has produced another patent invention there. Gratulálok!
