I was born into a Hungarian family in South Slovakia in 1989. I’ve always been interested in languages and managed to learn quite a lot of and about them throughout the years. I started this page on January 17, 2013 when I was studying for my state exam and needed a little ‘air’. In the upcoming weeks and years I created a Daily magyar account on Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr (ended in June 2021) and vKontakte (ended in June 2021). In 2014 I created the Daily magyar blog, where you can search back for old posts in the archive. On April 21, 2019 I started the page Daily Slovak; and in July 2020 I redesigned the logos of both pages. In October 2021 I once again redesigned the logos.
And this is me, Gabriel. Nice to meet you. 😀
Daily magyar is only one person, me 😉
I work as a Graphic Designer, but still have time and plans to continue with Daily magyar and spread the knowledge. In March 2020 I moved to Bratislava, so if you spot me there or anywhere in Europe, come and say hello. 😉 I speak fluently Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and English. I am basic in Finnish, Spanish and Russian.
As a teenager I used to make remixes and mash-ups, later I started creating some art at school and in my free time. You can find some of my art works and remixes if you search for linkingabo, what is my nickname I came up with in 2006.
Daily magyar 
Really enjoy your blog. I’m moving to Hungary next month so it’s very helpful to have these quick lessons. I know quite a lot of Hungarian words but I’m intimidated by the grammar. My wife is Hungarian, but she doesn’t have much patience for me! 🙂 Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I’m glad to hear that my posts are useful! 🙂
So now that you are moving to Magyarország, you can try the krumplicukor. Let me know then how you liked it. 🙂
Yeah. They are very useful to me at the moment. And yes I will try the krumplicukor. The name isn’t very appetizing but I like potatoes and I like sweets so we’ll see!
😀 ..yeah.
Finding this site is such a blessing. You have a special gift for languages. I just found this “about” page tonight and was interested to hear how you started this. How much time does it take?
Thank you, I am glad you like the site! 🙂
Well, running this site and the associated pages does not take long time, like 5-15 minutes a day, if I make a new post that day. But that is the online part, the offline part runs in my brain. 😀 I just live my normal life and sometimes I hear some phrase I think the people should learn or I think of something, and a new post is born in my head. I mostly write them down to my mobile phone and later copy them to the text file on my computer, where I have all these want-to-be-a-post words, phrases or sayings. I try to then limit them to a maximum of 1 post/day, so that the people are not spammed with 4-5 new posts a day and they have daily new posts, not like every third or fourth. And now I have there material for this whole month and my brain can have some rest and my body enjoy the summer holiday… 😀 🙂
Miért nam lehet keresni a Hungarian slang oldalon. Szeretném tudni mit jelent a “lepedo” amit sokszor hasznalnak a Mafiozok sorozatban. Ezelott még soha nem hallottam ezt a kifejezést. Szaz vagy ezer dollar, vagy mennyi? Nyilvanvaloan pénzre vonatkozik de nem tudom hogy mennyi. Ugyhogy ne mondd nekem hogy agynemu. 😉
Mindegyik oldalon ezen a blogon egyformán lehet keresni, de az adott szót helyesen kell leírni. Szóval nem lepedo, hanem lepedő. De ha egy szó nincs fent a blogon, akkor azt nem fogja megtalálni a kereső. Lehetetlenség, hogy minden szó fent legyen ezen a blogon.. idővel persze több és több szó kerül fel, de addig türelem. A “lepedő” egy érdekes szó, ágynemű jelentésén kívül legtöbbször ezret jelent, de néha százat. Nincs egy definiált jelentése, a szleng változó::: http://www.gyakorikerdesek.hu/kultura-es-kozosseg__nyelvek__4686594-a-penznel-mit-jelentenek-pontosan-a-kilo-lepedo-rongy-rugo-guriga-
Szevasz I have to congratulate you for this amazing blog. I’ve tried all my life to learn magyar but it’s hard. I won’t lie. My mother is Hungarian and my father is Venezuelan and I grew up speaking or at least hearing two languages at home Hungarian and Spanish. I’ve got books and I even have my hungarian family on facebook and I see their posts and sometimes it’s frustrating cos I cannot really understand what they say – or sometimes I do understand but I don’t know how to reply. Your blog is a great idea to find the funny part and side of hungarian as a language and also culture…. the explanation of why piano is zongora is a good example. Keep doing it the way you do – I’ve now added you to my favourites within my bookmarks. Szia! Jorge or just Gyuri 😉
Szia Gyuri, thank you! I am glad that you like the blog. 🙂
If you will have any word, phrase or anything, that you don’t know what that means, just contact me. Or, if you know more words that are similar in Hungarian and Spanish like these::: https://dailymagyar.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/hazas-casado/ …you can send me and I will make a post with them, mentioning you. 🙂
Szép napot,
Gábor / Gabriel.
Szia Gábor!
Óriási az ötlet, a megvalósítás és a tartalom! Gratulálok!
Szeretettel üdvözöl,
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Köszönöm szépen! 🙂
Hello!
I am trying to find a good quip or two for how an old school Hungarian (someone who was around in the 1930s) might say in a certain situation might say to express disgust with himself.
Maybe just a single word. Or a common phrase or saying.
Context: Let’s say an Hungarian adult male was duped into helping his buddy move, thinking he was one of many helping, but discovers that he’s the only one helping but it’s a big job and the friend spends most of the time chatting on the phone. He feels taken advantage of. So what might he say that displays disgust or anger at both himself (“how did I get myself into this mess?”) and also anger with his ‘friend’ who took advantage of him?
Any help you could give would be most appreciated!
Hey! Have you invented time traveling?! O.o 😀
Well, any of these would be suitable:::
– Az angyalát! – Damn it!
(Literally::: Oh, that angel!)
– A rosszseb! – Damn it!
(Literally::: Oh, that bad wound!)
– A mindenit! – Damn it!
(Literally::: Oh, that everything!)
– A mindenségit! – Damn it!
(Literally::: Oh, that everything!)
– A fene egye meg! – Damn it!
(Literally::: May the fene/sickness eat it!)
– Az anyja keservét! – Damn it!
(Literally::: Oh, his mother’s sorrow!)
– Hogy a manóba történhetett meg ez?! – How the hell could have this happen?!
(Literally::: How in the goblin could have this happen?!)
I made the literal translations only for you to understand the words, but all of these are non-vulgar and conservative quips/swearings. But I think, that any of the first three would fit the best. 🙂
If you need more non-vulgar swearings, you can find them here::: https://dailymagyar.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/swearing-in-hungarian-4/
Hi Gabor, Thanks for your posts! As a foreigner leaving in Hungary and trying to learn Hungarian, I really enjoy reading your posts and find myself actually being able to remember some words and expressions thanks to them! Sandrine.
PS: could I with your permission of course post links to your page on our company Facebook Page?
Oh, thank you very much for the interesting and positive feedback, Sandrine! 🙂
Yes, sure, you can.
Hi Gabor! Thank you for this interesting site! I am just beginning to learn the Hungarian language. My family is Hungarian and I am on an interesting journey now to discover more about my heritage and language.
Hey, you’re welcome! I hope you can learn something from this site, and that you will discover more than you are searching for. 🙂
Great blog. It gives a whole new meaning to “vom Fass” in German!
BTW howdo you say “shut those fucking dogs up” in Hungarian
Sorry for the late reply!
It could be: Kussoltasd be a kutyákat! – Make the dogs shut up.
I love this! I found it because I was trying to find the literal translation of “isten eltessen”, and I really appreciate the detail! Hungarian is such a great language and I love the culture. I will definitely be following you 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
All you effort is NOT wasted. I cherish every post and email I receive from you for the last three years. Thank you for all your time in creating all of this valuable material!
Thank you too! 🙂