Do you know how many letters are in the hungarian alphabet? The foreigners always answer: "a lot".

The truth is: there are 44 letters, vowels and consonants all together.

Vowels: aá eé ií oó öő uú üű

The vowels can short or long. The long vowels always have accent and you must say them longer.

a - alma (apple) similar to english wash

á - lát (see) similar to English father

e -egy (one)  similar to English well

é - ég (sky) similar to English cake

i - idő (time) similar to English bee

í -híd (bridge) – similar to English feed

o - orvos (doctor) – similar to English row

ó - óra (hour)  similar to English more

ö - öt (five) similar to English fur

ő - őz (deer) similar to English sir

u - fut (run)  similar to English good

ú - út (road) – similar to English move

ü - ül (sit) similar to German Rück

ű - tűz (fire) similar to German Übergang

Consonants 

 b, c, cs, d, dz, dzs, f, g, gy, h, j, k, l, ly, m, n, ny, p, q, r, s, sz, t, ty, v, w, x, y, z, zs

b - same as English

c - cica (cat) similar to ts, as in cats

cs - csiga (snail) similar to English check

d - same as English

dz - edző (coach)there is no word which starts with this letter. Try to say together d +z 

dzs - dzsungel (jungle) similar to English jungle

f - fej (head) same as English

g - gomb (buttom) similar to gold

gy - gyár (factory) no English equivilent, similar adjulation.

h - hó (snow) same as English

j - jó (good) similar to yes

k - kő (stone) same as English

ly - lyuk (hole) same the "j"

m - mama (mom) same as English

n - nő (woman) same as English

ny - nyúl (rabbit) similar to onion

p - papa (daddy) same as English

q - only used in foreign words!

r - róka (fox) same as English but you must rolled more! 

s - sál (scarf) similar to shower

sz - sziget (island) similar to sound

t - tó (lake) same as English

ty - tyúk (hen) similar to tune

v - virág (flower) same as English

w -only used in foreign words!

x - only used in foreign words!

y - only used in foreign words or with other letters such as ly, ny, gy ect.

z - zár (he is closing) same as English

zs - zseb (pocket) similar to English genre