The truth about living in Hungary | An American's point of view

The truth about living in Hungary | An American's point of view
American reacts to life in Hungary.
A U.S. foreigner's view on living in Hungary (Hungarian culture, history, lifestyle, language, first impressions, etc.) Living in Hungary vs living in the USA.
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  • @zsuzsiliegner4852
    @zsuzsiliegner48524 жыл бұрын

    Wow. This guy has astonishing pronouncation. Not many can say that dreaded 'gy' properly. And that old Hungary brooch? Really kind of him to wear it. It's funny how americans see castles and forts as something extraordinary, while we just pass it with a shrug, saying 'I've seen thousands of castles like this.'

  • @krisztinakiralyhidi8132
    @krisztinakiralyhidi81324 жыл бұрын

    My beloved country I am proud of my birth country

  • @macilak2
    @macilak24 жыл бұрын

    Mikulás is mainly for kids so after a certain age don't expect any candy in your shoes (though sometimes adults participate just for fun).

  • @andypeter1038
    @andypeter10383 жыл бұрын

    I like that Old Hungary badge. Also, not too many foreigners can pronounce Hungarian words. Well done for that.

  • @bluelovefanatic2736
    @bluelovefanatic27364 жыл бұрын

    Sidenote: the shoes are supposed to get cleaned the day before.

  • @elodmarton9588
    @elodmarton95884 жыл бұрын

    I loved your description. I would make a small correction if you allow me: the Statue of Liberty on Gellert Hill was indeed built during the communist dictatorship for the “Russian Delivery” from the Nazi occupation, however, Hungarians were never happy with the result of the delivery, because as an outcome we had live in a terrible dictatorship for 40 years. Of course the Nazis were not any better. The original statue used to be surrounded by a few soviet soldiers and after the regime change in 1989, they were removed. So the statue became just the symbol of freedom, as it had a somewhat neutral design; also, it was erected by a Hungarian sculptor, it wasn’t given by the Russians, so this connotation could be easily changed.

  • @tothjozsef2327
    @tothjozsef23274 жыл бұрын

    Thank your old big hungarian brooch. It's meaning lot of us! Thnank You!

  • @spelibalint
    @spelibalint4 жыл бұрын

    The Hunor-Magor story is a legend, the two guy representing two nations. Magor -> magyar According to our best knowlidge the hungarians started their great migration in the 5th century from the west side of the Ural mountain down to the Black sea and ~850 reached the Carpatian basin, occupied the land and 895 they settled in with Arpad as the leader.

  • @dinomyte369
    @dinomyte3692 жыл бұрын

    This man is a real American gentleman with class and culture.

  • @lesliekennedy8775
    @lesliekennedy87754 жыл бұрын

    I had to giggle a little about the air conditioner because my grandmother and mother believed and we never had air conditioner. The air conditioner was not added in my mother's house when I was 40.

  • @XYZW12
    @XYZW124 жыл бұрын

    I never understood what is so special about 'gy'. If you say, for example, "duke" in english, you must pronounce pretty much the same tone (a 'gy') at the beginning of the word.

  • @atmeneti21
    @atmeneti213 жыл бұрын

    Great pronouncation, im impressed. Well done. I hope one day you come back to us. Minden jokat.

  • @xXxbiia14xXx
    @xXxbiia14xXx4 жыл бұрын

    We do have AC in shops and malls and most of the buildings in Budapest. We don't just walk into a building and say it's much better without feeling it. xD

  • @accaeffe8032
    @accaeffe80324 жыл бұрын

    Guys, there are different ways to keep your house reasonably cool during the summer unless you stay in in a flat in those prefab concrete blocks of flats.

  • @markobujdoso2503
    @markobujdoso25034 жыл бұрын

    Notice the Big Hungary brooch on him. Never forget.

  • @evasmith2705
    @evasmith27054 жыл бұрын

    Very nice young man. Good luck and I hope you'll come back and visit us!

  • @rolandkovacs351
    @rolandkovacs3514 жыл бұрын

    Love this guy pronunciation....👍

  • @theundertaker241
    @theundertaker2414 жыл бұрын

    Hianyolom magyarorsagot sajnos nincs penzem haza meni látogatni

  • @igorjee

    @igorjee

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hol él kedves János?

  • @s9292
    @s92924 жыл бұрын

    The summers were not that hot decades ago

  • @CptDangernoodle
    @CptDangernoodle Жыл бұрын

    In the 5th century, the Huns had a city here where Budapest stands, and even 400 years before, the town of Aquincum was built here by the Romans. So arguably it's 2000 years old.

  • @elizabethnilsson1815
    @elizabethnilsson18154 жыл бұрын

    I am VERY IMPRESSED HOW GOOD IF NOT PERFECT YOU ALL PRONOUNCE THE HUNGARIAN WORDS WHICH IS NOT THE EASIEST AT ALL FOR IT'S MANY SPECIAL SOUNDS AND LETTER THEY HAVE FOR EACH.... AND THAN THE GRAMMATICAL IS VERY DIFFICULT AS IT CHANGE WORD BY WORLD

  • @johnbalasa711
    @johnbalasa7114 жыл бұрын

    I like your pins Hungary before 1920.

  • @alexbecker4149
    @alexbecker41494 жыл бұрын

    *Does anyone here live around Zalaegerszeg? I moved from Germany to Zalaegerszeg but I don't know any young people around my age here..*

  • @killlnusstunts62
    @killlnusstunts624 жыл бұрын

    we Hungarians don't hate air conditioning, it's just really expensive

  • @LEK-we2hh
    @LEK-we2hh4 жыл бұрын

    Very good pronunciation 👍

  • @balazsvarga1823
    @balazsvarga18234 жыл бұрын

    Great pronumciaton, so well done.

  • @Nagytika
    @Nagytika4 жыл бұрын

    Bojler Eladó!

  • @laszlo_kovacs
    @laszlo_kovacs4 жыл бұрын

    Pronunciation is on point... Nice man

  • @marw9541
    @marw95413 жыл бұрын

    Dude describes the Parthian shot, feel sorta bad he didn't know about it. But I love these videos even though they are from a missionary perspective. Even though I might not agree with what is being done, I do love the outcome that produces these very good videos with at least the opinions of people who spent a good length of time in the region. I deeply appreciate these

  • @ezilyen
    @ezilyen4 жыл бұрын

    Which one of two Georgias are you talking about? ;) The country between in the mountains of the Caucasus or the State in the US?

  • @lbarna66
    @lbarna66 Жыл бұрын

    The Liberty Statue's design was originally made for the memorial of István Horthy and would in that role have featured a human child instead of the palm leaf that was a Soviet addition.

  • @ArpadSzijgyarto
    @ArpadSzijgyarto4 жыл бұрын

    Hunnians + Mag(y/h)arians = Hun+garians, so technically the English (as well as the original Latin) term is melted the both nations into one. ;)

  • @Simmlex
    @Simmlex4 жыл бұрын

    You speak really well.

  • @AElizabeth2010
    @AElizabeth2010 Жыл бұрын

    Wow for learning the language after age 20, your enunciation is excellent.

  • @gregorypap7037
    @gregorypap70373 жыл бұрын

    wow I never heard people from abroad mentioning Nimrod ,,thx dude ,lot of good information here about us.

  • @elizabethcsikar186
    @elizabethcsikar1864 жыл бұрын

    Go to New York and you will no about hit humid summer and sloshy , icy sidewalks

  • @petromartaturza5522
    @petromartaturza55222 жыл бұрын

    I really like that you pronounce the name of the capital and the name of the nation properly, Congrats!

  • @jankasidlo5142
    @jankasidlo51424 жыл бұрын

    Ügyes kiejtés! 😁

  • @aeropulse
    @aeropulse4 жыл бұрын

    why Nimrod is a funny word?

  • @LEK-we2hh
    @LEK-we2hh4 жыл бұрын

    Pécs. ok. 👍.

  • @gaborfabian3967
    @gaborfabian396711 ай бұрын

    A lot of people dont have AC's in Hungary beacuse they cant afford it, not beacuse of its negative effects on health. Most corporate offices have AC, and more and more homes as well every year.

  • @kokasjudit
    @kokasjudit4 жыл бұрын

    It is free to go on the Fisherman's bastion, I never had to pay...

  • @evamikovics
    @evamikovics4 жыл бұрын

    Budapest was founded in 1873

  • @Orcman666
    @Orcman6664 жыл бұрын

    Pécsett bojler eladó!

  • @ildikom
    @ildikom3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for saying correctly the name of PEST!!! S=sh and not 's' , like snake.

  • @peterjicmon4188
    @peterjicmon41884 жыл бұрын

    Hungarian is the second most difficult language worldwide.

  • @ricostos
    @ricostos4 жыл бұрын

    good guy

  • @Pwnagotchi-0
    @Pwnagotchi-0 Жыл бұрын

    The reason Hungary 🇭🇺 has so many ethnicities is because of Atilla the Hun. The Huns were comprised of slavic Gepid “Germanic tribe” maygars which were probably what Atilla’s ethnicity was and turcik not necessarily Turkish but Turkic peoples. And after atilla died some of the Asians went to khazastan and the Slavic and Germanic as well as Magyar peoples dwelt in Hungary 🇭🇺 for the most part. Until Genghis Khan cane along.

  • @gipszjakab7437
    @gipszjakab74374 жыл бұрын

    First!