Common adverbs
Two suffix families turn adjectives into adverbs. There’s no crisp rule for which adjective takes which — the pairings are absorbed word by word from input.
-l / -ul / -ül
Section titled “-l / -ul / -ül”- jó → jól (well)
- rossz → rosszul (badly)
- remek → remekül (superbly)
- makacs → makacsul (stubbornly)
- egyedül (alone)
This family also names the language you speak — which is why this site is called what it is:
- magyar → magyarul (lit. Hungarianly)
- angol → angolul · német → németül · finn → finnül
Beszélsz magyarul? — literally do you speak Hungarianly?
-n / -an / -en / -on
Section titled “-n / -an / -en / -on”Vowel harmony picks the linker: front vowels → -en, back → -an/-on, vowel-final → -n:
- gyors → gyorsan (quickly)
- szép → szépen (beautifully, nicely)
- csendes → csendesen (silently)
- nagy → nagyon (very)
- ritka → ritkán (rarely)
- gyakran (frequently — from the now-unused adjective gyakor)
Same adjective, both endings
Section titled “Same adjective, both endings”A few adjectives take either suffix with a meaning split — piszkos (dirty):
- piszkosul — like crazy (intensifier, figurative)
- piszkosan — dirtily (literally, physically dirty)
The figurative/literal split is a recurring pattern worth noticing when both forms exist.