Dent, Bob: Budapest for Children - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
1. Useful to Know - Some general information
12 USEFUL TO KNOW places. Hungarian pronunciation, unlike English is relatively easy in that letters and combinations of letters are always pronounced in the same way. There is also a regular stress pattern with a slight emphasis on the first syllable. Vowels: a like the o in “hot” á like the a in “car” e as in “ten” é like the a in “day” / as in “hit” i lengthens the above, as the double e in “feet” o as in “open” ó lengthens the above ö like the e in “bitter” ő lengthens the above, like the u in “fur” u short as in “put” ú long as in “rule” ü short as in the French “tu” ű lengthens the above Consonants are pronounced much as they are in English except for the following: c like the ts in “cats” cs like the ch in “chapel” 9 always hard, as in “gun” 99 like the soft d of “during j like the y in “yes” iy alsc i like the y in “yes” ny like the gn in “cognac” s like the sh in “ship” sz like the s in “sit” ty like the soft t of “tube” zs like the s in “pleasure”
