Nyelv

Nyelv means language in Hungarian and it is very crucial to understand the meaning of this word when you are becoming an exchange student. Unless you are traveling to a country that speaks your same language, you are most likely are going to need to understand and even speak the language of your host country (The country you're going to). In the case of my host county I need to learn Hungarian, and from what I can see so far, it's going to be a BIG challenge. Lucky for me I like a challenge though! But, I am trying to bite the bullet and get ahead by teaching myself early. These are just some of the few ways I am trying to learn:

• I have a book that my Spanish teacher gave me. She said that she always thought I would do something like this from the moment I first stepped in her class (I was trying to teach myself Japanese, it didn't work to well... But, I only had a dictionary haha).

• I changed my facebook language to Hungarian.

     
          

• I review the words I have learned by making myself a quiz using this program.

                                            

• I try using words daily in conversations with people (even though they don't know what the heck I'm saying)
• My ipod is in Hungarian (great way from keeping your friends from using your ipod btw)

Anyways, one of my goals in life is to learn at least 5 languages (I really want to learn them all). I believe if you can communicate with someone you can connect with them and understand them. Then, maybe I can help everybody else understand each other.


In a little lesson of Hungarian, if you wish to express the language of a certain nationality you add the ending -ul or -ül (depends on the word). So for example, if you want to talk about the Hungarian language you refer to it as magyarul.


On this exchange I will also hear many other languages spoken that I will not understand, as there will be multiple students from different countries attending the exchange. Fortunately for me, most of them know enough English for me to understand them. I wish I could do the same for them, but sadly in my opinion, the United States doesn't put much effort in teaching their students foreign languages. This is primarily because we don't start the language learning process early enough.


Just for fun, here is a list of language I have heard so far:

• English Angolul (This is obvious.)
• Spanish Spanyolul (The first time I heard Spanish was in my local Walmart while I was involuntarily eaves dropping on two ladies speaking Spanish)
• French Franciaul (I took a French class for a half a year of school)
• German Németül (Pretty much any WWII movie ever made has some German in it)
• Bosnian Bosnyákul (There are MANY Bosnian immigrants in my area)
• Chinese Kínaiül (I have a Chinese friend from the coast of China)
• Portuguese Portugálul (This year was the first time I heard Portuguese. It was from a new friend named Mark who was a dual citizen between the USA and Brazil)