PolyLingo
🇭🇺 Hungarian
MagyarLatin

Politeness & formality (sound respectful fast)

Formality is one of the fastest ways to sound natural in many languages.

What matters most

Formal address exists; you’ll often use polite phrases rather than special pronouns.

  • When in doubt, choose the more polite form.
  • Memorize one polite question pattern and reuse it everywhere.
Beszél Ön angolul?
Do you speak English? (formal)
Nem értem.
I don't understand.
Beszélsz angolul?
Do you speak English? (informal)

Mini challenge

Say your ‘Do you speak…?’ sentence in the polite form, then in the casual form (if your language has both).

Mini‑quiz

Mini-quiz
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Which sentence matches “Do you speak English? (formal)”?