The most satisfying first step of learning any language is the basics such as hello, thanks, how are you, etc. This page teaches them without any grammar, but it is the only time I will give Hungarian phonetic pronunciation. The grammar is contained in the rest of the site!

• szia hi, hello, bye see-ah This is a little like the Italian "ciao".
• sziasztok hi, hello, bye see-ah-stok For several people.
• jó napot hello, good day yo na-pot
• jó reggelt good morning yo reh-gelt

Here are some other greetings you might find useful

• I love you
• Happy birthday
• You are beautiful/pretty
• Happy name-day

This page covers just hello. For the full list, please see the list of Hungarian greetings page