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This is a wonderful weekly program from Cleveland:
ðŸ‡ðŸ‡º Cserkésznap 2025 – A legnagyobb magyar fesztivál Ohióban!
Yes, we moved in the early ’60s. Now there is a Magyar csoport in Hiram. The Kossuth Haz in Washington DC tries to keep the culture alive here. We have a Bazaar in Nov and a Feszitval in Aprilis. But it is still not like Buckeye utca was!!!
August 24, 2025 at 10:36 am in reply to: How difficult is it for you and your family to pick up or keep up Hungarian? #3060Szia Peter,
Magyarora minden nap nem eleg nekunk! We have been studying every week for the past 5 years but are only at A1+ level. I do duolingo every day but it is only a very small supplement to learning.
I believe that immersion is the best way for me! Az anyanyelvem magyarul, but at 5 y/o I lost it all when I started school. So when I finally come to Magyarorszag I want to go to the felvidek to be immersed in the language and culture. If I go to Budapest then people will want to speak angolul.
Reading is the easiest for me, then writing; speaking and listening are more difficult because I am “translating in my head” what I want to say or hear. This interferes with conversational fluency because it slows down the pace. I must “think in Hungarian” to overcome that slowness.
A tanarnom keeps telling me to memorize dialogue but I resist that. However, she is wonderful and so patient.
Any thoughts for the “magic bullet” to learning?
Lajos
You have said it much better than I ever could…..only Hungarians will understand growing up in the Magyar heritage!
Sziasztok! I am Lajos from Norther Virginia. I am first generation in the US from Cleveland Ohio – Buckeye Road. My parents and grandparents are from Hernadvecse HU. Nagypapa Szucs came to work in the coal mines in WV and then worked in Himlerville KY at a coal mine run by a Hungarian (Martin Himler). The town is now called Beauty KY.
I spoke only magyarul until ’56 when I had to start school. Edesanyam sat me in front of the TV and in 6 months I learned english but lost all of my magyarul. My wife and I have magyarora every week but are only at A1+ level. I tell people that my father was not born in this country, and I don’t have to die in this country. Maybe one day we will live in a Magyarorszag falu. Magyar is in my blood!
August 21, 2025 at 2:59 pm in reply to: Have you ever learnt Hungarian at Debrecen Summer School? #2970Szaffko Ur,
Is there a link to the program?
LajosAugust 21, 2025 at 2:55 pm in reply to: What Hungarian dish do you plan to cook in the next 30 days? #2969Palacsinta, sutok sajtos pogacsa, Dios es makos kalacs……ny favorites
But the vocabulary of a child is better than no vocabulary! I wish that I still had mine.
Magyarul was spoken at home until I was 5. Then I “forgot” it all in 6 months because I learned angolul in front of the TV because I started school. But the ear and the tongue do not forget. The sound of magyarul is melodic and like poetry when I hear it spoken!
We have magyarora every week but progress is sometimes slow. When Pope Francis visited Hungary, he said that Hungarian is the language of heaven because it takes an eternity to learn!
Without the language there will be no more Hungary!
God Bless Hungary!
I grew up on Buckeye Rd in Cleveland. At the time it was the largest Magyarok community outside of Hungary. And only now do I realize what a prize it was! I wish there were such a place in Amerika today!
I feel that I am different in some way than many other Americans. But when I am around other Mayarok I have a diffent feeling – like being with an extended family member!
August 21, 2025 at 10:54 am in reply to: Did you grow up eating Hungarian foods? If so, what were some of your favorites? #2946Turos palacsinta minden nap!!!!! Also my nickname was kaposzta szaj…..toltott kaposzta, hurka, szalonna kenyer
August 21, 2025 at 10:48 am in reply to: Did you grow up near a community with a strong Hungarian connection but outside of Hungary? #2945I also grew up off Buckeye Rd and was Baptized at St Elizabeth. Everything was kicsi Magyarorszag! I only spoke magyarul until ’56 when I learned english to go to school. I would wander around the neighborhood as a child and people would call my mother to say that they saw me and that I was OK…..nagyon bisztonsagos!
Only Magyarok understand how wonderful it is to be raised in a Magyar community!!!
August 21, 2025 at 9:24 am in reply to: Do you know the names of the ancestral villages related to your Hungarian family line? #2940Both sides came from Hernadvecse.
Szia Lory,
Lajos vagyok. We lived on Cumberland Av and I went to Ellenwood Elementary School. Our church was Szent Erzsebet on Buckeye Road. Igazan Magyar vagyok! I spoke only Hungarian until ’56 but forgot it all when I started school and had to learn English. My cousin owned Settlers Tavern on Buckeye and my other cousin owned Ohio Sales on Woodhill.Isten veled!
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