Hungarian Heritage Review, 1987 (16. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-03-01 / 3. szám
Hungarian Classroom —...LESSON III: HUNGARIAN VOWELS Letter Examples Remarks a a , az (the) ma (today) van (is) ablak (window) magas (tall) It is somewhat similar to the English o in "ought", but the Hungarian sound is more open, pronounced with the lips rounded. * a ár (price) ágy (bed) áll (stand) ház (house) drága (expensive) It is very much like the o in English "rotten", but the Hungarian sound should be pronounced more in the front of the mouth. e ez (this) nem ( no , not ) te (you, sing.) reggel(morning) lecke (lesson) It is very similar to the English e sound in "get" _ „ If _ _ II or pen . e és (and) én (I) kép (picture) még (still, yet) szék (chair) It is very much like the a. in English "day" or "name" , but the Hungarian sound is not a diphthong and thus should not be followed by an i-like sound. i ti (you , pi.) mi (we) is (also) itt (here) ki ? (who ?) It is similar to its English equivalent in words like "kit", "hit", etc. , but the Hungarian sound should be pronounced well forward and with a wider opening of the mouth. * 1 tíz (ten) hír (news) ír (write) viz (water) hid (bridge) It is similar to the English sound in words like "ease", "heat", etc. This is the long version of the above i. o ott (there) otthon(at home) hoi? (where ?) pole (shelf) fog (tooth) It is similar to the English pronunciation of the first o sound in the interjection "oh-oh" , but the Hungarian sound should be pronounced with the lips more rounded. 24 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW MARCH 1987
