Airport & Customs

1. Kérem, mutassa be az útlevelét

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   "mutassa be" is the polite imperative of "bemutat"; in affirmative imperatives the prefix "be" is detached and follows the verb

2. Mi a látogatás célja?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Mi" = what. "a látogatás célja" is a possessive construction: "the purpose of the visit"

3. Hány éjszakát tervez maradni?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Hány" = how many; the noun after it stays singular ("éjszakát", never plural)

4. Van valami elvámolnivalója?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   The suffix "-nivaló" forms "something to be X-ed" (ennivaló = food, tennivaló = task). "Van …-ja?" = "do you have …?"

5. A csomagom még nem érkezett meg

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "még nem" = not yet; the prefix "meg" of "megérkezik" moves after the verb under negation

6. Ez kézipoggyász

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   Compound of "kézi" (hand-) and "poggyász" (baggage); "ggy" in "poggyász" is the doubled spelling of the long consonant "gy"

7. Tranzitban vagyok

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   "-ban" is the inessive suffix ("in"); "tranzitban" means "in transit"

8. Hol van a kapu?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Hol" = where; Hungarian airport signage shows "Kapu" for gate

9. Mikor kezdődik a beszállás?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Mikor" = when; "kezdődik" is the intransitive "to begin" (paired with transitive "kezd")

10. Hol van a duty-free bolt?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    Hungarian airports use the English term "duty-free"; the native equivalent is "vámmentes bolt"

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