Signification
Soup served at a pleasant temperature.
Contexte culturel
The 'Vasárnapi húsleves' (Sunday meat soup) is a cultural icon. It is traditionally a slow-cooked clear broth with vermicelli noodles and vegetables. In this region, 'Csorba' (sour soup) is very popular. It is always served 'meleg' and often with a side of hot peppers and sour cream. Modern 'Soup Bars' (levesezők) have revolutionized the phrase, making 'meleg leves' a trendy, healthy fast-food option for young professionals. In villages, the 'meleg leves' was traditionally cooked in a large pot over a fire, often shared with neighbors during communal work.
The 'Soup First' Rule
If you are at a traditional Hungarian dinner, wait for the soup to be served before looking for the main course. It's the universal signal that the meal has begun.
Vowel Harmony
Remember that 'leves' is a front-vowel word. All suffixes you add to it will likely contain 'e', 'é', 'i', 'ö', or 'ü'.
Signification
Soup served at a pleasant temperature.
The 'Soup First' Rule
If you are at a traditional Hungarian dinner, wait for the soup to be served before looking for the main course. It's the universal signal that the meal has begun.
Vowel Harmony
Remember that 'leves' is a front-vowel word. All suffixes you add to it will likely contain 'e', 'é', 'i', 'ö', or 'ü'.
Temperature Warning
If a Hungarian says 'Vigyázz, forró!', don't take a big spoonful immediately. They mean it's boiling!
Teste-toi
Fill in the correct form of 'leves' (accusative).
Kérek egy meleg ______.
When you say 'I want...', the object must be in the accusative case, which adds a '-t' in Hungarian.
Which sentence means 'The soup is warm'?
Choose the correct translation:
In a 'Subject is Adjective' sentence, the word order is Subject + Adjective.
Match the Hungarian phrase to its English meaning.
Match the following:
These are the four primary temperature descriptions for soup.
Complete the dialogue at a restaurant.
Pincér: Mit hozhatok előételnek? Vendég: Egy ______ ______ kérek.
A warm soup is the most logical and common starter in a Hungarian restaurant.
🎉 Score : /4
Aides visuelles
Types of Meleg Leves
Meat-based
- • Húsleves
- • Gulyásleves
- • Palócleves
Vegetable
- • Zöldségleves
- • Gombaleves
- • Bableves
Banque d exercices
4 exercicesKérek egy meleg ______.
When you say 'I want...', the object must be in the accusative case, which adds a '-t' in Hungarian.
Choose the correct translation:
In a 'Subject is Adjective' sentence, the word order is Subject + Adjective.
Associez chaque element a gauche avec son pair a droite :
These are the four primary temperature descriptions for soup.
Pincér: Mit hozhatok előételnek? Vendég: Egy ______ ______ kérek.
A warm soup is the most logical and common starter in a Hungarian restaurant.
🎉 Score : /4
Questions fréquentes
5 questionsUsually, yes. While fruit soups exist, they are almost always 'hideg' (cold). 'Meleg leves' almost exclusively refers to savory vegetable or meat soups.
It's rare. Hungarians typically eat soup for lunch or dinner. Eating soup for breakfast is not a common custom in Hungary.
Gulyásleves (Goulash soup) and Húsleves (Meat broth) are the two most iconic examples.
Yes, in modern Hungarian, 'meleg' is also the standard word for 'gay'. However, in the context of food, it only ever means 'warm'.
You can say: 'Meg tudná melegíteni a levest?' (Could you warm up the soup?)
Expressions liées
forró leves
similarhot soup
hideg leves
contrastcold soup
húsleves
specialized formmeat soup/broth
krémleves
specialized formcream soup
