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For example, I attended a production of “Az Operaház Fantomja” at the Madach Theatre.

What I really liked about the podcasts was that it allowed me to have some understanding of what people were saying, even if I couldn’t respond very well. I think they were surprised and delighted that someone knew even that much! Most of the Hungarians responded in English to my halting attempts at Hungarian, but they always appreciated a “jó napot” or a “köszönöm szépen” in their own language. I listened to lessons 1-6 before a recent trip to Budapest. For example: JOHN is tired versus John is TIRED or Is JOHN tired? versus Is John TIRED? Listen to the intonation drill on page 58-60 (pdf70-72).Ī quick note to thank you, Steve and Györgyi, for your excellent podcasts. The intonation (page 50/pdf62) is also important for understanding the main focus of sentences and questions in Hungarian. You can see some English examples on this site: Īnyone who has learned Spanish recognizes the importance of stress for words like potato/dad (papa/papá) and I speak/he she spoke (hablo/habló).įor Hungarian examples of stress look at page 49 of Unit 3 (pdf61). In English we usually do both together making the stressed syllable loud AND long, but in Hungarian those are two separate things. (pdf21) consonants groups: cs, gy, ly, ny, sz, ty, zsįor word order/syntax/position, look at pages 10 (pdf22), p33(pdf45), 72 (pdf84), 73 (pdf85), 118 (pdf130)Īnother difficult aspect of pronunciation is word stress versus vowel length. (pdf20), page 27 (pdf39), vowel pronunciation,
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Starting on page 7 of Unit 1 (page 19 of the pdf file) they talk about the Hungarian alphabet,

More importantly you have all the audio files that accompany the text book on the website. Take a look at the Foreign Service Institute’s Language Course for Hungarian:Ĭlick on student text to bring up a pdf coursebook. I heard some questions about the Hungarian alphabet and sentence syntax.
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Download both of them below, and thanks for listening! Lesson 10 notes (PDF) Lesson 10 The PDF file below contains the written dialogue and vocabulary, and the MP3 file has the audio for Lesson 10. Music: Once again we bring you music from the brilliant Budapest-based Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, “There Are Days.” Thanks so much to Mookie and his Cousins for allowing us to use their music on the podcast. Thanks for listening!Īnswers to last lesson’s quiz question: Duna, Tisza, Dráva, Száva are four rivers that ran through pre-war Hungary.Ī copy of János Arany’s epic poem, “A Walesi Bárdok” in both English and Hungarian can be found here. Just leave a comment on this post or on any other one.
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Try and memorize as much as possible so you’ll be ready for the review next time.įeel free to ask us if you have any questions about this lesson or Hungarian in general, or just to let us know what you think of our podcast. See below for the script for this lesson’s material and the new vocabulary. Also, we have a review of the previous lesson’s material, listener questions, and Györgyi recites from the great Hungarian poet János Arany! This lesson’s dialogue relates an actual situation that happened to us recently, so there’s a lot of authenticity to it (unfortunately). Lesson 10 is finally here! Thanks for the long wait, everyone.
