This paper investigates the linguistic realization of the speech act of advice as produced by native speakers of Hungarian. Thirty-nine female university students participated in this study which was conducted using a Discourse Completion Test (DCT). The data were analyzed within the framework of Brown and Levinson (1978/87) and Locher (2006/2012). The results show that out of all the linguistic forms, declarative forms are the most frequent, and out of all the discursive move types, assessments are the most frequent. Moreover, linguistic forms in Hungarian are influenced by social variables, such as social distance (D), power (P) and absolute ranking (R) of imposition. While with higher power addressees, the participants used imperatives less, they used them freely with equal power addressees and even with more distant addressees, who were still of equal power. In regards to imposition, while generally the participants used imperatives even in more sensitive situations, they would use them rarely in higher power addressee situations. The participants used assessment moves in any situation, while they held reservations on using advice in more severe situations, referrals were commonly used in situations that could require the advisees giving phone numbers or addresses in any situation be it to higher or lower power addressees.