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Hungarian with easeDay by day method Ze. Hungarian With Ease original text by Georges KASSAL and Tamas SZENDE adapted for the use ‘of English speakers by Kristina Jilly and Balogh Péter Mlustrated by J.-L, Goussé ZS. BR.25 94431 Chonnevitres-sur- Marne Cedex FRANCE © Assimil 1996 ISBN: 2-700-0205-1 Printed by InterpressASS, for over sixty years, the preferred publisher of self-teaching foreign-language methods! llustrated books, recorded on cassettes and compact discs Arabic with ease Dutch with ease French with ease German with ease Hungarian with ease Italian with ease Spanish with ease Advanced level Using French Using German Using Spanish INTRODUCTION ‘This method offers you a means of studying Hungarian, a language spoken by more than fifteen million people not only in Hungary but ‘around the world, ‘The ASSIMIL mothod famiiarses you with everyaay_ Hungarian, Most of the texts consist of lively dialogues between Hungarians in all aspects of their daly lives: ‘asking for information, making purchases, using the telaphone, visitng the doctor, applying for jobs, moving into new apartments, etc. HOW TO USE HUNGARIAN WITH EASE Daily involvement is the key to the ASSIMIL method. You will eam Hungarian by listening and repeating passively All it takes is 30 minutes a day! During the First Wave (the first 50 lessons), just listen, repeat and understand. Read the text aloud, ‘compare the translation and siudy the explanations. No need to worry about grammar! you gradually “assimilat ‘construction of Hungarian, in the same way you leamed your mother tongue. From lesson 0 onwards (the Second Wave or the active phase), the process siarts all over, but this time youll consolidate your knowledge, and the Hungarian language will become part of you!w ‘The more complex points of grammar are examined every seventh lesson (Revision and Notes). In the text of each lesson, the notes ate indicated by a number, following the words or expressions that need explanations. Each time you come to one of these references, read the relevant note, but no more. Only when you reach the "Revision and Notes" lesson should you review the grammar in depth. Trust us! No need to cover too much at once. This way you'l find your own rhythm, and you will enjoy the timo you ‘spend each day teaching yourself Hungarian, Good luck! "0 MUNKATI" vuv ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION The first column gives the letters of the Hungarian alabet, the second one gives our transcription end the third one explains, how to pronounce it pronounced between 2 and o like in the English “what” 4 a is always long regardless. of stress; pronounce & tke inthe English “cat” bb asinEnglsn ‘© te exploeive.conscnant lke inthe German Zimmer es ch the in chip" ad aa as in English tke in “men, “when” Unik the English fis a long vows not a ciohteng, Ike in the French “the” £ {asin English 9 9 _ tke in “a0” or “get” yj the English "the in ‘jam is close to it but the orginal sounds like a "+ IV" as in“Adiou" or the British pronunciation of "seduce" hh lke in the English "house" i tke in “hit, 5 | tkein heave Jy y tke in "yes" they sound the same and are forthographical variants of the same sound ike “ph and in English kk asin “o00k 11 asin English m om asin English non thesame ny ty like in the British “new or cognac” 2 9 _isashort vowel, itis nota diphthong (there are no Giphthongs in Hungarian except for the Gialects), sounds a bit more rounded than the rtish “Rob’ 5 0: the same as the previous one but iis long like in “bought” © 8 rounded short front vowel like in the German “ofnen’ « 8 & _itslong pair, its bit more rounded than in “her” Pp asin Engtsh Ff Is formed with the vibration of the tip of the tongue lke In the Seatish, ish or in the Welsh *Rhaead?"? ‘sh ike in “shiot™ sz Slike in “six (or: “sorty’) Pe asin English 'y ty Ig the unvoiced pair of gy like in the Briich ‘tune’ uu is a short rounded back vowel without a “y" element at the beginning, tke in "look" and bec ut iit long pair, the eound tke in ‘woo or "you" 3G sa short rounded front vowel ke in the French une’ or the German “fanf™ 2 0) iss long pair tke in “Fanrer” vv asinEngtsn z 2 asinEnglich 23 zh 3 the voiced pair of sh, tke the English ‘ without the explosive element: its @ flicative Sound tke In the French “Jean’, “beige” of “garags ‘The word stress always fals on the frst sytable but the sylables that do nt bear an accent are to be pronounced clearly 2s well. Long vowels are lengthened in the pronunciation, the syllable under stress is pronounced with more energy and tension of the organs of speech. The intonation is fling, even that of the last sylable of an intetrogative sentence,1 egy ELSO LECKE Mi djsag? Semmi 1— Hallé? J6 napot kivanok. Itt Szabé Janos. Ott ki beszéi? (1) 2— Hallé it Peter beszél 3 — Szerwusz Péter 4— Szerwusz Janos. 5 — Hogy vagy” (4) 6 — Kész6ném, isl veayok. Es te? (2) (4) 7 — Keszonom, jl vagyok. En is j6l vagyok. (3) (4) 8 — Wi tjség? 9— Sommi. Szép id6 van. Es ott mi diség? (4) (5) 410 — Semmi kalonds. itt is sz8p i35 van. (3) (4) (6) PRONUNCIATION i o0,sha-g sherra1 nae: yo napot krvanek tt sao: yanoch ot ‘tesa 2 al: pater basa 2 serv00s pater &sanoos ya-nosh & ‘nj a8 Kose ovaj ashi 7 Kasen yo" ve in sh yo ‘ajoh 8m co ya # Shera sap 100 van ah ot mca sha her nh ts Sab Ha va ‘GYAKORLAT (Pronounced: jakoriet) 11 Hogy ueszél anna? 2 Anna jl besztl. 3 Te is szép vagy? 4 En is szép vagyok. 6 J6 napol, it vagyok 6 Te ott vagy. wets 2 FIRST LESSON What is new? — Nothing 4— Hello! (I wish) Good moming. (Here) John ‘Szabé [speaking]. Who is speaking (there)? 2 — Hello! (Here) Peter speaking. 3—H, Peter. 4— Hi, John. 5 — How are you? 6 — | am well thank (you). And you? 7— | am wall thank [you]. | am well too. 8 — What is new? ‘9 — Nothing. The weather is nice. And what's new over there? 10 — Nothing special. The weathor is nice here too, NoTES (1) Kido ie the fret person singuar afte var Av (t wish) Greetings Hungarian: Jb roggot! (Goce moma) ut [about © o'ock. From nina unt duck we ute 3 napod (Good ay), then JB ect inthe evening and J éiszakét (Good nigh) oe a farewol when eamebosy goes to sleep. (2) Kaezen: [tank you] is aa Fret porn cinguer of ho verb ‘thank, The persona pronoun exprossod wih tho ufc (3) Qo0) is awaye ater the word trfor fe [4) Vopyok vagy, ven are the three singular forse of te verb Jemma be} | am, you are, helsheit There are two forms forthe seccrd person: fois he familia form, and oF maga ‘st formal term, (8) sag: news, newspaper. Mi disdg?: Whats new? dj new. (6) Seep (rceretzbeautt) can reer to inne or ove: beauty. NB. Lessons 1 fo 19 are repested twice on the cassette fet stoiy and then et ronral speaking speed. EXERCISE 1 How écos Anna speck? 2 Anna aoeshe well 3.Are you beusitl 5? ‘tam beaut co Goodmeming, hee | am. 6 You ae there, Lasson 12 hérom EGESZITSE Ki (Fu! 1m tne gaps) (Pronounced: egaisi'tshe ke) 1 How aro you? veo? 2 Tank you, te eater nc here ® ven. 3 Noting specie, Semi 4 [stat] Potorspeokirg? Petar. MASODIK LECKE Magyarorszég, Franciaorszag (1) 4 —Ez Eurdpa (2) 2 — it van Franciaorszég 3 — Ott van Magyarorszag 4 — Franciaorezag nagy orszéa, (2) 5 —Tanér ur, Magyarorszag is nagy orszag? (2) 8 —Igen, Pete, Magyarerszag is nagy orszg (3) PRONUNCIATION imajrorsay Mantsscrezg 4 ar soorpa 2 van rantsiorsag 3 of Yan maprorse'g 4 rartaorsa'g na area § tana cor majwerseg |30 nj e309 8 igen pethe majoras aoa 9 Notes (1) There i usualy no ale in front of the nemes of counties négy & 5 Yovar weltoe ie... vagy 8 Whats now? Meno? correction 1 Hegy 2 Keszsnem — snip 3 onde 4 bac 6 Te — ui Congratulations. You have survived the fst lesson. Now that wasnY co bad, was it? SECOND LESSON Hungary, France 4 — This fs] Europe. 2 —Here is France. 3 — There is Hungary. 4 —Franee is a large county. § —Sir (teacher), is Hungary also a large country? 6 — Yes Pete, Hungary is also a large country, NOTES (Cont) (@) E21 a demonsratve pronoun. The verb van (s) 2° He plural ‘anak are), wie ste tr person palin the pra are rot usualy needed in Sentanses whove Engish Uses them, “There arehoweverexcentions ike S2ip td van(The weathers (001) oF van (Here Its) tis aso Used in santances wer Ergish uses tne consturson there i, the are Van toa a2 ‘asziion (There = seme tea onthe table) or the corsinicton rave got Oram van nave gotfive sans). Taro ands 's commony usad in Hungaran to acres a teacher (2) Pets per name tor Peter Lesson 2sat 7—Magyarorszdgon magyarok vannak és magyarul beszélnek. (4) (6) (6) 8—Franciaorsz4gban tranciak vannak és franciaul beszéinek. (4) (7) 9 — Itt van Périzs és ott van Budapest. 10 — Parizs sz6p varos. (2) 44. — Tanér tr, Budapest is szép varos? (2) 12 — Igen Petke, Budapestis ezép és nagy véros. (2) 413— Mi nem vagyunk magyarok. Mi franclak vagyunk és francidul beszelunk. (8) (9) PRONUNCIATION 7 mojerora'gon_malorok vannek ais) maroc! besainek 4 fantsaoreagoan hanicart vannak ash Farle! Bosak 8 ft Yan Darth asi ct van doptapesm 10 pa'tsh sap vavoch $i anat Sarr boodbpesht igh sap vateah 12 igen pethe boodepesit a gan va rn 3 na ark acm arent 2h ‘GYAKORLAT 1 Itt van Petike. 2 Petike j6 beszél magyarul, 3 Mi megyarok vagyunk. 4 Parizs Eurépaban van. § Igen, ez nagy varos. 6 Tanar Ur, Patixe beszél? EGESZITSE KI 1) Asta ie 2 beaut county sip at 6 7— There are Hungarians in Hungary and they ‘speak Hungarian. 8— There are French people in France and they ‘speak French, 9— Here is Paris and there is Budapest. 10 — Paris is a beautiful city. 11 — Sir teacher), [is] Budapest a beautiful city too? 12 — Yes, Pete, Budapestis also a beaut and big aiy, 13 — We are not Hungarian. We are French and wo speak French, NOTES (Cont) (As a rue, Eris prepositions are expressed in Hungarian ‘wit sufizes wnich are acd to te end of the no. There Bre ro lyieal ules governing the use of sues -ban/ten ‘nd “ontenren ale geay-aphicel nares. Aer countries Use SSan/ten except for Mogyoroczdgon and seme islarce Khe CCipngon, ieandon, Grinlanden but Japdnben and Angiaben (a England) (6) Tho plural in Hungarian exproscod withthe suit. H tho oun ends ina consonant, a vowel ie adod: or2dg0K \éroeok Ifthe noun has an atrbute, the eufix ie ony acd tothe noun: exp lnyos (Deautfl gifs) Unike Engiah. ie ‘also added to an agjctve whan # sande alone without a ‘oun proper srdpek (hey ae beaut!) (6) -toh (in baszeinek Sones te thes perzon palo the verb 'besze, but aocordng io he sit rule of vowel harmony ican ‘become nar ater aback vowel fcr example vernal (1) Wien the wore ends wit a or 2 Kis engted to ~@ aed <é before fe plural eng ala, alndk (anole, 20s), ‘oto, hortdh (pet. pea) (8) Fist person plural of tre vet fo be: vagyunk (0) First person plural of the ver to speak boszélock, EXERCISES “Here isPete Pele packs Hungoran vol 3 We areHingaran 4 Pars Is Euepe 6 es ths sag cy 6 Si Geter, Pete Speak? 2 In Hungary hore are Americans Mogyarerzig.. vans et notes Leeson?Thee 3 Pole i beaut and ic Pate .... 69 44 John speaks Hungarian too is magyar 5 Whats now in Engtara? Anglian? HARMADIK LECKE Egy kilénds csaléd Az Erd6s csalad Budapesten 61 (1) ‘egy modem lakasban. (2) Erd6sék otthon vannak (3) Hol van Erdés Istvan? (4) A konyhdban van. (8) Hol van Erd6s Istvanné? (6) ‘A szobaban Egy ten a konyhaban? Egy feleség a szobaban? 40 Nem kalonds? (7) wearer kene PRONUNCIATION 1 ilies chalard 4 a8 ade shold boadposian a 2) modom (ekastbon 3 erd6ahok othr varmax 4 elvan ardbs0 han 50 tnpharban van § hol van erS'sh ehhatnnal 7a scab & 0) ‘onynatan 9 feesag a sob tan 70 nem kIO?0Sh ores (1) Fer forign ei to cuffs meaning in is always -ban-ben bit for Hurgerian| ffx ean also be -on/-ent-on ne ula for vowal harmory S66 (and (6) in (2) Egy the incafinte tle: a an It teraly means 1 (one) rirenderBing26r Vagyck (ar 5 Hore 18 Europe, mt Europa CORRECTION 1 Alsetia—eretbg 2 ~ on -ererkaik 3~e2ép— nagy 4 dns = beazil- ul 6 Vi dety ~~ van THIRD LESSON ‘An unusual family ‘The Erdés family live in Budapest ina modem apartment ‘The Erdés’ are at home. Where is Istvan Erc6s? [He] is in the kitchen, Where is Mrs Istvan Ercés? In the kitchen. ‘Ahusband in the kitchen? ‘Awife in the room? 10 [Js] not [that] unusuat? NOTES (Cont) {8) The phral ending sk here refers othe family (4) Sce 2) in Lesson 2 (6) The define ace 6 az (he) changes ts feo ke the Engish ar: aprecedes a word staring witha consonart, az procedes & ‘owele.g Ar ory pokobon lak (The cevl een heel | (6) The fx (Mrs) canbe aia tothe sumame (Eésnd = is Eras) or the husband’ fst name, but in this ease both hie ames mat be usec. However a ot of changes have taken pace Inthe lat we dacaces and tis just an cormen {9 calla marred woman by her maiden name a3 itis to fred @ husband inthe htoren (7) Hom expresses negation, there ia no diference botwoen ne fend nt Lesson 39 kllone GYAKORLAT 1 Hol van a feleség? 2 A lakis nem modern. 3.A,ér, a feleség és Peiike egy csaléd. 4 Acsaldok otthon Vannak. § Périzeban 6lUnk. 6 Ez nem szép orszag eoészirse KI 4 Lom at home Eno vagyok 2 The apartment is moder loka 3 The woatheri nw in Budapest saép 6. ven 4 ore ae ine Ercids? Hot Ersssee? 5 [They are notin the roc. sa szobapan NEGYEDIK LECKE Egy kivanesi rendor 1 —J6 napot kivanok Kerem az utlevelet, 2° On Kulfoldi? Mit csinai Magyarorszégon? (1) 3 — Magyarul tanulok. PRONUNCIATION | kevarnchi rend 4 yo: rapot ivan karom az co:teveet 2 cn avatame ene marars’pon 3 malaroo anoctok Notes. (1) Or: As you readin nota Lesson 1, the personal pronoun has ‘several forma in Hungarian’ fs fala and maga used ‘everyday language between aduks a8 a form of respect ta10 EXERCISE 1 Winer isthe vile? 2 The aparenent snot vader. 3 The usb, ‘ha vite ard Pet [oe] a omy. 4The lain are a Rome. 6 Wo vs imPars 8 Tal]! 3 Dect county Fav KOLINES csatfo © Ave you a modern husbond? modem vagy? CORRECTION 1 other -24— modem 3 Dudopeten 35-4 —vanna Vannsk 6 fon = Nem FOURTH LESSON A Curious Policeman 1 —Good moming, Passport, please. 2 Are you [a] foreigner? What are you doing in Hungary? 3 —1 am learning Hungarian NOTES (Cont) ‘Ageneraton ago a wie ad ciden wae adcress tne husband ‘28 mage ane wout se fe. O's very pote and oral, The ‘Second person plu also has tree fom (maguk. Oro (yu ‘Mies maga ard On, maguk and cook the ves kes the person sufi: Mags i's your ur); 60 (Hes craig or ts hie tu) Mog tanubalvezen? (Ne you leaning [how] 1 tive?) ef 6 angollanuinak (They are learirg Eraish). Lesson 411 Honegy 4 — Nehéz a magyar nyelv? 5 — Nem, konnyé 6 — Hol 617 Périzsban? 7—Nem Périzsban élek, hanem egy trancia kisvarosban. (2) ‘8 — Most hova megy? (3) ‘9 — Aszallodébs megyek. (4) 40 — Tessék az iitlevél. Kész6ném. 44 Viszontlatasra. Minden jot (5) PRONUNCIATION 4 naheis 2 maar nyely § nam Séenya 6 hot al pamenten 7 nem fevraninan ak harom a artsia Karson B mest hove m2) Sa saladeba mrok 10 teshshok ez cotteval KSeénom { wzcrnateshea minder yt (GYAKORLAT 41 Erdésné egy nagy varosban él, 2 Tanul frenciéul? 3 Hova megy a feleség? 4 Ondk Budapesten vannak? ‘Most nem megyek 2 konyhaba, 6 Mi otthon tanulunk. ecészirse Ki 1. 1am going t2Aloste. moayeh 2 Ie them a ktchen in Oe Noel? Vana 2 3 See you in Hungary Mogyarerszagon. 4 Where doos Mrs Szab6 lve? e ” 5 Where is ra floner going? Hove a 2 Aleanketté 12 4— [ls] the Hungarian language difficult? 5 — No, [its] easy 6 — Where [do youl live? in Paris? e in Paris, but in a small French 8 — Where are you going now? 9 — | am going to the hotel. 10 — Here is [your] passport. Thank you 11 Good bye. All te best. NOTES (Cont) (2) Nom. harem itetices a contrast (3) Hova and ov bom mean wnere 10, bul the second is Cotogual. Wo use tem te wartto Know the destration(r Girecton), we want orc he locaton (positon), we use hha? (amare) e 9 Hol van Pats? (mere fs Pais?) (4) The suttoes of place babe: rave express drecion when movement is impied Postion is expressed trough -ben/ “hen: -oncen-tn whieh we cscussed in note 1 Lesson 2 and ote 4 Laon 3.6.9. Megvek Palzsba (am going to Pail “od a aszttra (Put [on the table). Londoner kom ( liven Londen): Az asztaon van (is onthe table). inden jot (evans see nate 1 Lesson 4. Viszontiésre! means See you aga. used in formal situaions ‘The taacher's a0 fearing49 tizenhérom EXERCISE 1 hes Ex tes in aig oy. 2A you owns French? 3 Wheres thevwe geing? 4 Ae you n Bucapes!? Bam not ging mo the OTODIK LECKE A “Paprika” étteremben 4 — Pinoért Legyon szivos az étlopot! (1) (2) 2 — Azonnal jovok... Tessék. (1) (3) 3 — Kész6ném, 4— Kémek ita? 5 — lgen, egy liter vérés bort. (4) 6 — Csak feher bor van. (4) 7 — J6, De kérink vizet is. Van gulyés? (4) 8 — Igen, Kerem. Van. Es paprikasosirke is. (1) (4) [PRONUNCIATON ‘bapikaaiteranten 4 inate sesh ae alae 2 azcrna yous (esiahat 9 Aogonon 4 karvek fa on or vONGs? bo 8 cae {hor bor van Py deka ie ver Gooyas@ po ka van fh aapahash chee an NoTes (1) Try eam the pote pressions used in common stuatere: lagyen ‘ves ious You) be £2 hnd) ecuces 9 pote request Tesso¢ hae several mestinge.H you give somone Something, you say Ices (Row you re) You can ao veo t Winen yeu wart 3 parton to repeat, what helshe hao aaid Tess? (Pardon?) Yeu car wee tn. plte bu fm equesto¢ czmmand Toeaak lu! (Phase at down, ¥ you near your fame, your newer should alsa be Toss (| om tena oF ‘YoerAnat). Karam isthe St prson sngulr of he vor Kir (25% fo) ts uae is much wider than that ofthe vet to ask Engleh arc tie rather confusing, Kerem az isdgotis sto & request Nay/Could | have the pane? Su you con adress 3 sarge ike this: Kérom oc Kerom, Ur Grosse re Sit As 2 ‘question t meers: Pardon? What et you say? Fh anger De ‘heron! What rmputeree! eg F you at@ molested in an ‘verwhetned bus. AS a fepy 1b KOS fae YR ae welcome, bu we must adm yeu can wt C9 ares every ‘Suaton o express your conse! orto simpy temper your wars ‘CORRECTION FIFTH LESSON In tho “Paprika” Restaurant 4 — Waiter! [May | havel the menu please. 2— (1 am coming immediately) {Certainly}. Here you are. 3.— Thank you. 4— Would you tke anything] to drink? 5 — Yes, alitre of red wine. 6 — (There ie) [We] only [nave] white wine, 7-— Fine. But we would lke [some] water too. Is there any goulash? — Yes, there is. And chicken paprika too, NoTES (Cont) (2) The cbect ¢ ways mata win ore in Hungaria. If the foun ends na eonscrant. 2 vowel is Usually adsed [zcorsing to vow harmony iiean a2 a-0.-0 It the word fonda n shot one, Ri logihered Kon/ha konynat, Kore. [otét See ote 7 Leseon 2. Over posabitos dig djsagot varos-vérost flesdg-lleséget, dlevéhtevelet Dont give {nl Every bgaer dicionary gives the plzal and accusaive ‘orm of ie Hungarian noun enc even ifyou take a isthe, 4 Hurgaren wil undersiare you (3) Fret person of me ver an (come). See port 1 Lesson 7. (4) you want or oer only pant of someining, you sep the acle is equvaart tthe Englen someiary e0. Kered 3 ‘rokelbder? Do you want the ehocelate (al of t)? Kersr cealoléd6? ovens tho foc that we have ceme, but you are ot expect te oat tall Soe sontoncee 35 6 ofthe gaping tnd sontences 2.36 of he translation. Lesson §15 tient 9 — Ket guiyast és egy paprikasesirkét kérank 10 — Hozok salatat is. (4) 44 — Nem kérdnk salétat. 12 — Jo etvagyatt PRONUNCIATON hat gooya saa papas creat esr 0 hazo Sal Ht nom bane sasrat 12) 85) GYAKORLAT 1 Apincér a széllodaba megy. 2 Hozok bort as vzet 3 AKUIfoid saldtat is kér 4 A gulyas most nem j6. 5 It van az étlap. 6 Mist kértink csitkét? EGESZITSE Kal (Fin the gap) 1 The policemen ao nc want fay) arin}. rondo... Kémeke tl 2 The salads good. (See apie 2 Lesson 2) 3. The Kovéce' ave bringing [20m] wat: aet nora 4 Watt you be £0 kind 22 tote] Sir (easner), where Europe ie? a egyen ol... Eurdoa? 5 Pete aoos not went fan ehicken Pete... her firanhat 16 9— Two goulashes and a chicken paprika please. 10 — | [wil] bring {some] salad too. 41 — We do not [want] (request) [any] salad. 12 — Enjoy your meal (good appetite). EXERCISE 1 The watts goin ote nel 2 Wi teng some wie ane ware 3 The forener ase for some sales fo. 4 The gous net g00d ‘8 Here isthe menu. 6 Wy [ae we] astng i ehicven? © Is tere good wine in Hung? Van bor 2 ‘CORRECTION 1 nem ~ tal~2~ alata 3 Kovdesék — 4 Tardr— s2es = van 5 ~~ sitet 6 =}6-Nagyarrszagen? Lesson 547 izonhst HATODIK LECKE Erdekes kényvek 1 — Laci, jossz sétaini? (1) (2) (3) 2 —Nem megyek, most nincs idém. (4) (5) 3 —Miért? Mit csinalsz? 4 — Franciaul tanulok 5 — Jb a kényv? (6) 6 —Nagyon érdekes. Acime: “Voros és fekete" (5) 7 —J6, akkor nem sétalunk, En is oNasok, Hol a koaywem? 8 — Tessék, itt van az asztalon. Erdekes a cime: (6) 9 ‘Arendér, a felesége és a paprike”. (6) Notes (1) Lact Les, Lose (2) Socond person singular of the vet (come). {3} Tho sufte ofthe infeve isn. Oiconanes give the tit person einguar oe the most characterstic form cf a Fngaran verb. jan in, jonni, & i. din, but the most ‘common verbs re of courte regular. mogy int. menri (9), ‘iin “onntleat) (4) Nines can slerd acre as a sentence meaning: No, there Isrvarent any o& No, avert any PRONUNCIATON idokach idnyvak 4 at oss shara'n? mam mejek mest nich ‘Bom 3 mat at china rani oul 8 Yo 2 KON @ ain ‘Snes a fefme roo) a ete Yo ahr Nem Sa. nS ‘hastor ho a hve & fessham f van az ataabn sicekesh & feime 9 renao'r@esage ash a acre GYAKORLAT 41 Megyek sétdlni 2 Mari nagyon szép. 3 Egy isvaresban tanulok 4A borom az asztalon van, 5 Csak magyarul olvasok 6 Kérek hérom édekes konyvet ticennyole 18 SIXTH LESSON Interesting Books 4 —Lasi are you coming [for a walk? 2 —No, | am not going, | have not [any] time now. 3 —Why? What are you doing? 4 —1 am studying French. 5 —lis] the book good? 6 — [itis] very interesting. Its ttle [6] Red and Black 7 —Okay, we [wil] not walk then, | will] read too. ‘Where [io] my book? 8 —Here you are, it is on the table. ts tile [i] interesting 8 The Policeman, his Wite and the Paprica, NOTES (Cont (8) 146m try tre) cime (tse), feeb (ne wie) Beseesson is vpressed th suffi which ‘rake te personal rooun pets, Van HB? era ear i thre yur te? tt may ba use a's pup ne Have sete tie? in Rogen tert ambiguase (0) Bee note & Lesson 2 re note 2 Leteon 6 one! rareny ‘Spuos et rounded vowol demande aero vor! thea os wal ny enya ace stl ttt og EADEKES KENNER AN EXERCISE 11am going fr] wok 2 Marys vry beaut 3 |am suyrgin ara ‘oem 4 Ny wines nee 1 on range 6 ay aveteoe ‘erotng toot lee fne noe 2 Leeson Sandport 4 Lesson 7), Leeson ¢19 ttonitone EGESZITSE 1 (Fim hoop) 1 Fam mecing on iteresting book Oat dhs 2 Myhesten is ott home Aleem 3 Whats Pate ong nt om? cxinal Paice a 2 4 Wear leaming on uncsual lrguage fay nyelvet unk HETEDIK LECKE REVISION AND NOTES “That was net a bed effor forthe fst week, was #7 Now you know some basic Hungarian grammat. In this lesson we shall ry to give your knowledge a sense of orser with some added details A few aspecis of Hungarian grammer may seem strange to you, but with further Practice and with the help of the ASSIMIL method, you wil eventually overcome these cificulties. However, the most impertent requirement is that you study for st least hall an hour every aay The most complicated aspect ot Hungarian grammaris the ver, 1 The Verb Every form you have learnt has been in the present tense, 5 Why arent you wakeng? em 2 6 Ave you reading foo? le ovaenak? CORRECTION 193) kenyvet 2 nos cthon 3 Me “anal eee ass 6 Osi Did you think t would have been poesbie to rea ana uncestana 2 Hungarian text tke this a week ago? You have mace ‘concicerabio prgroes in such short tna. SEVENTH LESSON Hungarian is always marked withthe suffix ni (6n! = 6h jonni = jar ef. nce 3 Lesson 6. © As we shall see laler, there are several possible Conjugations, but the most used one folows the model of the verb beszéhn: ‘eaztle =| epeakllam speaking ‘beszélsz": = you speak/you are speaking re, she, speaks! he, she, itis speaking ‘we epeaiiwe are speaking "= you speat/you are speaking ‘they speathey are speaking ‘The verb éhi to live) follows the same pattern = lok és, eletc 1d You have probably noticed that the personal pronouns (the Hunganan equivalents of I, you, he, she, it etc) ‘are not necessary included when conjugating verbs. “The personal pronouns are: Lesson21 huszonegy 4m, 6, mi, 6k ‘hey eo seca ve we nano aru coon the econ Er bash is tm whe Ths is because ihe nto ret ni signin eto but ato reve the parson, The pole ime aderest such asthe sor perc parr ron Sv stood inmost cates. can et Be crned beso! Gon Speayou are Soeaing) because ney aefolouss > be thc person sigur for of be vet The paral Ovo beardreh reeves he rd person pra tthe Peas rete hate coon peson pao Used 0 occas mere han on peaon Yu ate on gon ere wath © Youhave already come across fouritreguar verbs: menni (92), soon (core), ern (be) arc er (eat) Here are thee ‘complete conugatone in the present tense. MENNI — JONNI ENNI megyek = jvok_ ‘eee iessz eszel a ‘eszik ‘vtink eszink teas vagytok ——_esztek Jonnek (vannak)——_esznek Do you remember note 2 in Lesson 2? There we saw ‘several exemoles ofthe third pereon form of the vero Jenni be}, that ean not be omitted. There ate cerain structures where is use is necessary = When a place is given itt van ett van, otthon ve ifn a pce off van, otthon vara, = Expressing existence, similar to the English there is, there are. Eg: Csak fehér bor van: ~ Expressing possession, similar to the English have get E.g. Van iéém (I have go [the] time): = Some iciomatic expressions: Szdp id6 van (The weather is nice); Hogy vanlvegy? (How are you), JA! van (That's alight or He/she © fine), Jel varnok (They are stright. huszonken 22 Nevertheless, in most cases we leave out the verb van. Janka szép (Joan is beautiful Kriszta okos (Christy's clever); tanar (Halshe is a teache) 2 suttves: Hungatlan uses sufies to slate the relalionship between things: this is exeressed with prepostions in Englsh. its ‘one of the most characteristic pars of Hungarian grammar and i i dfferent from the system of Indo-European languages, By origin, suffixes of the verbs are similar to that of the ‘nouns. Tha’s why you can find the plural -k inthe suffixes, of al the three persons of the plural: vagyunk, vagytox, Yannak And something that is very strange to a native Engleh speaker: you can combine suffixes and join ‘several sixes tothe same word in a definte order: nae =harak —— latok hdzakat (house “houses —_— | coe houses) kez keen ——~ kezembon (hand my hand — in my hand) részet =resaletek —~ réscletokben (detail “detaie —— in cetals) ‘The adverbial suffxes of place can indicaie postive and negative (ef. point 2 Leeson 14) sirection -ba’be (to, inte) e.g. Mon/a pokolbal (Goto hel) o A renaor ‘a vzbe ugrik (The policeman jumps into the water); Borbe fojiom bénatomat. (1 down my Soros In wine) -rabre (on, onto a surface) eg, Tedd az ascieta! (PU ft] on the table.) shozr-he02 (1) eg. A bindrS ax aitshoz mogy. (The ‘ximinal goes to the door.) oF positon: “bari-ben (in) 0.9. A rondo mar a vizben van. (The policeman is already in the water); Az Grdég a részlotoKbon lakak (The devil dwells in te detalls.) Leseon 723 huszonnarom * onstenton (on) €.9. A bine26 ax ajtonal al. (The enminal is standing at the door) You chocse the appropriate suffix forms according to ‘yowe! hermony. (Other surfs ike the plural -kor the sumx-tofthe accueatve (© note 2 Leccon § and notes 57 Lesson 2) may only Consist of one single consonant, but the noun ends in 2 consonant we usually aid a connective vowel, The type ot \owel aso depends on the ste lane of vowel harm. 3. Vowel Harmony Vowels in Hungarian can be beck (a & 0 8 ud )or front (e 116600 long 600816)orsnen(seioeuN) ‘and pronounces with rounded (0.8 u 6 60 G) or widened (866i | los. According to the law of vowel hatmany, most Hungarian ‘words exclusively contain back of front vowels: beszdl, Erb, szdloda, Kennyd A few words are mized; they can contain any back vowel but only 8, , 4 1 trom the front ‘ones. Vowel harmony dosen't apply to compound words e-9.éllep, Grhdz and words lke modern. sora which are taken from foreign languages. NYOLCADIK LECKE Latogatas a bankban (1) 1 — Nagy urma délelstt a bankba megy. (1) 2 Abank a Pet6fi Sandor uteaban van. (1) 3 — J6 napot kivanok. Hol van a pénztar? PRONUNCIATION, letogea:sh @ bankban 4 na 00a Sale 2 bonkbo mej 2 @ bank pet sha:ndor utea'bon van yo n9potRV:nOk ha van a painstar hhuszonnégy 24 Go back and try to find three syllable words wih exclusively front and back vowels (euffias do not court}. When you have collected some, check yourself below. {As you may have noticed most ofthe sufixes have two oF tee forme: -ba/-be, -ban-ben, -ra/-re have two forms. One ie for words with back vowels and the other for words with front ones: &9. borbe, vizhe, pokolban, részetekben, Sufives with three forms lke -Aéz/-nez/nae, -onten/an have two variations for worde with front vowele; ene for the rounded, the othe fo the widened ones, Eg. asztalon (on the table), @ felesogem (on the we), a rendéon (on the policaman). As fer as the words with mixed vowels are concerned, the vowel ofthe last sylable is crucial. If iis *e, the Sufix usually contains a front vowel, If i= =@ or / ‘well find a back vowel in tho suc E-g, oktéberben (in October), « kaberéba {tothe cabare). Monosytabic words wih a single | are unprediciable viaben (in the water) but hidon (on the bridge). These difficult tems can only be learnt with practice. Just go on and trust us ~ the following unit of six lessons will be ‘At last, here are the trsylobic words thet you have probably found: feleséa, fehela, érdekes, KiIGN szailoda, Salata, azonnal EIGHTH LESSON A Visit to the Bank (Visit in the Bank) — Mr Nagy is gong te the bank [his] today) morning 2 The bank is in Pet6fi Sandor street 3 — Good morning (I wish you). Whereis the {teller] (cashier's desk)? notes (1) Can you remeber cur exaration in te prvius lsson in Donis 2 and 3 about suftees obedenty olowe the strc. ‘les of vowel harmony?25 huszonst 4 — Ott van bara, az ablak metett. (2) 5 — Koszonom szépen. (3) 6 Itt van két csekk; pénzt kérek. 7-— Uram, e7ek a csekkek hamisak (4) 8 — Ha nem ad egymilié forintat, akkor l6vok! 9 — Ita penz. Tess6« egymilié forint 10 — Rendben van, Nem Iivok, 11 Nagy ur a bankbél hazamegy. A rendorseég mar varia. 6) (8) PRONUNCIATION 4 olf van boka 22 abla moll § kbsdndm sap 6 it van kat Chekk painstkarok 7 ureom ezok 2 chekek hamshak &ha rem fe lia. frintotakkor tude 8 te pans tosha ej mala fernt 410 rercten van nem lutk {1 no] oar @ bankba! hezernej 9 endo shaig mar-varys NOTES (Cent) (2) In Hungarian there ae postpesitons as wel. They alaays {otow the foun to wich hey relate. In Ergish ty can Be fexwessed with peposters a fa mole next to the te (2) An sover is formed when the sufie is added to en ajecive szap (beaut, s260e (nicely, beautiful), 2s sppan's ire very polte expression Roszino sade (rane you very mucn): hams (eke, fase), Hamisan neler (You erg oak ef une), KuLMOS (wel, unesval ” rate 5 Lesson 3: ez 2 Kany (ie book), az 32 erty this ‘County) inmost cases the proncunrecowas the tam euhce) ‘Stren oof a al ey mye ike verses: ezckekényok (hese books) azetber a kinyekben (h these books) hrasconnat 26 4— There [it] is on the left, next fo the window. 5— Thank you [very much] (nicely). 6 Here are two cheques, Id like [some] money. 7 — Sir, these cheques are fake. 8— If [you] do not give [me] one milion forints, (then) | will shoot, — (Here is the money). Here you are. one milion ‘orints 10 — Okay (its in orces). I [will not shoot 11 Mr Nagy gocs home from the bank, ‘The police are already wating for him. NOTES (Cont) (@) in point 2 Lessen 7 we menfored the engmatc exresson regalve deecion. We intecuoed te suftes -t4/t0-—ate (0, Int on. ono), which expres postve ckerion, mat hey lead scmewere. -bi:bd) Grom, out cf) supgetts negate ection approaching from somovnore. Dorit 5g08) Imannydosapds: (a thundarbal) cxt of he Bue) (car sy) Lerconos! jee | come from Lender uty em fe “saanna. tee willbe no bacon au of @ dog = you carne rake ‘2 sikpurse ot ofa sows ea, isch, ogy @AOOSDD Sz is apparent tat you have come fom the po. For peste CGrecion the rierogatve. pari Is Reva? (where 167). fer agitve drecten wa uss hernan? (ananesom whens) (6) Vana the objectve conugation othe verb var (wat), Cue your tongue or enake your heac.but go en and tut us, We shal expain it ater27 nuszonhet GYAKORLAT 1 Ezek az ablakok szépek. 2 Acsekk a pénztarban van. 3 Petike ma délelott hazamegy. 4 Ha nem tanul, sétdini megy. 5 A szélioda az étterem mellett van. 6 Acealéd nem Franciaorszagbdl jon. ecészirse Ki 4 These choquos are ne fake Ezok caekek -. hamisak 2 The hichon isan tha ft a bara 3 The feacner is giving out money. Atanir oc kh KILENCEDIK LECKE Kés6 van (1) 4 Reggel nyole dra van. (1) 2° Kissné munkaba megy. 3. AKossuth téren felszall a vilamosra. (2) 4 Avillamoson lea! és djsdgot oWvas, PRONUNCIATION feet von rege note ie van 2 Kshnal manna arma 38 Koso tain Klee emo 4 ilamashen ul ash 00 Yae gotchas tusszonnyole 28 EXERCISE 1 These windows ar ne 2 The chaque ie a the alr 3 ete ie ging home this aemeon 4 he does not study. he gems fra wale The ois net tothe esiarant & The tay does net come om Fares 4 is} not Peer fata} is coming tem the ety Nom Peter. 8 5 How ere you sr? van Ur 2 © Ihave got one min fxn at ome ay mato v0 ‘coRRECTION 4 = a nem 2 oryha~ van 3~~penet 4 jon — vrata 5 ogy="an 6=— torreon = other NINTH LESSON (it) is late 4 [itlis eight o'clock {in the] morning, 2 Mrs Kiss is going to work 3. She gets on (1) the tram at (the) Kessuth squere. 4 She sits down [in] (on) the tram and reads [the] newspaper. Notes (fy Road rete 2 Lesson 2 and point 1M Lesson 7 agah There you wl fir the explanaton fr the inclusion remission of var In sentences the. Az igazgai dr loeges (The (Se) drecto Es nervous), Kissné farod! (Wes Kes [3] ted), Hungarsn dest require ver. However ncenain consiictons auch a8 fa, mi van? Cimon, wnat up? aj ver: There's teubl eg var cok El van: Re rice er sino when we ‘acceniate the gxsionee ar possesion of someting. Het hlom Yar: ve go we ears (.e. what you said wertin ae sr an ot fe cthan teres tna a van thet, nag van von “The sux -rae exprossee movement toward a surace rd comeeponds to the Engler to of pobt 2 Lesson 7 @ Lesson20 huszontlene 5 Abank mellett leszail a vilamosrél. (3) (4) 6 Aztlan gyalog sétal dtszdz métert 7 Egy nagy haz elétt magall. Eza munkahelye: (3) 8 Felmegy lften a harmadik emeletre. (2) 9 Kisané ideges, mert mar kilenc dra van. (1) 10 — J6 reggalt kivanok Kissné. Miért csak most jon? 44 —Beteg a gyerekink, igazgatd ur, Halnap ppontosan jovok. (5) PRONUNCIATION ‘Saberkrietet esa avlanostre: 6 stan jay sate 6tsa7 mata Tefnejher ebtinngal ex mocrkaheye 9 nmalidegech mer iste ora von Tyo roggek hea recor hak 2s 00 7 oye jrekankoagae oor hae prtoshan jOv3e NOTES (Cont) (3) Mefettelat re posteosters, wich occur as prepesitens in Engish ef rote 2 Lesson & (a) Tre suffix 707d) expresses negative diecton which ‘© movement anay from ® sufface: Polite, gyero Io Tardcsorytic (ete. come down fom the Chistes treo) I Can aso mem about Proskirol¢9 a larkesrlszl a meso (fhe fant tls) fs] about Litle Red Reng Hood end the (rol), Most ovse 2 negyrd/B.xdapesia (Ive jas cme from the mourtan/ rom Sucapest) Ahegy( nor lina hézt( Cont eee tho house tem the Mourear) (6) Aa we saw a nota 5 Lesson 6 (the pic line) and vcte 4 {eden , tha posencsve sume init singular fom i =m. ~ “2/0 nhs plural the sf Dacomes. Nh (ur) 0 iei/toh (youn: uk? Oe (hee). Eg Divorced people their Second manage, Amaga gyereke mag a2 67 gyererer ver! Singyerotonhct (Your id and my ls ar best uP Our Ghigy mv bécunk a 1 hazatok, Kedves vencgerk (Our house 3 your Pouse, (ur) dear gueet). Gyakorar 1A vilamoson nem olvasok tiségot. 2 A tangrunk beteg. 3 Te is felmesz az emeletre? 4 Parizsban hét 6ra van, Budapestan is. 5 Amunkahelyer az étterem mellett van, 6 Ha nem ideges, magyarul tanul harmine 20 5 Near the bank she gets off (from) the tram. 8 After that she (on foot) walks [for ive hundred metres. 7 She stops in front of a big house. This fs] her ‘work(place. 8 She goes up tothe third floor [with] (on) [the] Et. 9 Mrs Kiss [s] nervous because [it] is already nine o'cock, 10— Good morning (| wsh you) Mrs Kiss. Why [have] you come only now [Why are you late}? 41 — Our child [is] il, sit (director), Tomorrow | [vil come on time. EXERCISE 11.60 nat ea a ewezspmin er the ra. 2 Our taco) 3 {Atel you gorg tiptoe uta (leer oc? te eaven och ars [ana}ia Susapetion 4 uy wcr(nac) eres o heres Su ethe = ot neous, (alte eae Horgan. ecészirse x1 1 We stop in front of ho bank aberk /m VILANOSON AEM cLUAGOR Ui6AGoT34 harmincegy 2 IJisaboady fre ebook war et 3 Today the teachers are] rerous. a tendrok 4 fam} going up tote furth oor «a pegyedk TIZEDIK LECKE Afogorvosnal (1) 4 Amagyattanér forgorvoshaz megy (2) 2 Afogorvesnail sokan vamak 3 Ledl. Nagyon fj a foga, de varni kel. (3) (4) 4 Vegre bemegy az orvos szobdjdba. (8) 5 — Mita)? Hol fa)? Balra? Jobbra? 6 — Bal oldalon is fi, jobb oldaion is faj. Negyon beteg vagyok 7— Nem kell félni. Adok egy injekciét. Minden rendben van? (5) PRONUNCIATION «2 kgonoatne: 1 9 maprianas fegarovostho: me) 2 2 fogoncehns Shotar vamak 9 ld apn fy 9 fogs oo irs fall dvagre bar 22 Srronesbeyase Bray halla haa yore 6 Dall a) YeDd Slasen 2 ay non Blog ap 7 nar hal fal sce yest ‘ide en Nores (1) Lets continue learning the adverbial euffe of piace na ‘pal axpresaes th poation ret oor in th poseccsion of We {Varalate nth the Engiah prepeaton et or with tho vor to have: Pténdl¢ labda (Sieve has the bal) Tlékozunk a itnds (Soe you at he wel). We us tin compericors as wel: ‘A szersie Szbiesbi a ego vest (Love fs wider than te wate ofthe sea) (2) “toz-nex-ai expresses drecion iowards someting but not ino iis the Stecioral equvalent of dln It wanslates 5:10, My a huou! (Go the wel. enlace eee ceieeniaiansianaall hharminckatt5 32 8 Te chikhen get of the bus. a leszalnak autobusz 6 (eho st down bocaueo Ihave tno mest van ‘CORRECTION 4 Meghlunk ~l6t 2—— ra van 3a —~ Hagesek 4 Ferreqyec— w pmeieta 5 gyerebak— aro 6 Leak om TENTH LESSON At the Dentist’s 1 The Hungarian teacher is going to the dentist 2 Many [eeopie are] waiting at the dentist's. 3. He efis cown, His tooth hurts. very much (Very ‘much hurs his tooth), but he must wat (nail rust). 4 Atlast he goes into the doctor's office. 5 — What hurts? Where [does it] hurt? On the left? (On the right? — [lt] hurts on the left side (100), [and] on the right side too (hurts) | am very sick. 7 — [Nou do} not nead to be afraid. | [will give [you] an injection. Is everything okay? NOTES (Cont) (8) Hungarora dei oy hat hey have pain, isthe aching par of the bocy tat huts Fj a scion, ij, pike 18 (Wy bear aches, aches fer whishy), ase fok~ song goes. Mele crige Ijoskéd (> — Mind a ht, fll 2 sary (Wich one of your dear ite heads ates? ~Al seven, answers the ago. (4) Kot can be rarest at est four way ine Englar must, reed have wand cu i It can inteckce an offeror atest: Ket ‘alam (Do You eed sorethiog = ard ust cc your fs). Unie Engi the ver precees hall uiess tis a regave reregatvesantnoe: Mire Af (have ogo) Hongo em fel reran ker Temorow tt peozsary to 9 Up ey) (6) You probabiy rememoer ont 2 Lesson 7, where we stated ‘hat suees can be Johed tegetverszaba ~ sz0d9 ~ tnebgjaha (rom, Neier Foon, ni Me r). Lesson 10835 harminchérom 8 — Mar nem {6j 2 fogam. Koszéném. Mennyit fiaetek? (3) — Otszaz forintot kérek. Viszontldtésra hoinap elutan otkor. (6) 10 Aianar a fogorvostél egy cukrészdéba megy (7) 11 Nagyon éhes és enni akar valamit. PRONUNCIATION, {mar nam fa foga Kiem mana Kalk 9 fit harok vista tava hahap ean Cher 10 a tear 0 gpnoeho! ‘okra bo me 1? noo ahech hon ata lo, NOTES (Cont) (©) Jornevercranges ts em arcimeans' a a aprepentonctime xg cir (at ua; karcsonjer(t Cristal Mor? (aban?) () 1606 ie the egpoete cf -bov:hos/ hos hdcating movement ‘rom an aera! por raneiates ao frm, ard can ref to time as well Eg. « bocsetl « koporscig (hom the cade to tha cafe ~ both in space anc fre) GYAKORLAT 4 Nem faja fogad? 2 Nem kell fini a lftben. 3 Abetegek az onosnal vannak. 4 A fogonos injekciét ad, 5 Viszontlatésra holnap. 6 Kovacséki6l Péterhez mentek? EGészirse ki 4 Wo are vory cick Nagyon vagnunk. 2 The dents s going tothe cake shop. A aeubrissdé moar 3) You mast speak Hurgaran here. harminendgy 34 My tooth [does] not hurt any more. Thank you. How much (do] | owe you (how much | pay)? Five hundred forints (| ask). See you tomorrow afternoon at fve 410 The teacher goes from the dentist's to a cake shop. 11 He [isl very hungry and wants to eat something (to est wants something). EXERCISE + [Does noyour ot ht? 20d) note be aad te The ‘exipeope ae ate doors 4 The dots gives gig an ete. ‘See youarar 6 wel you aa ome) Kewes To Pees? 4 How much dot owe you? Foot? 5 Myhusbandie mot hungry A nem 6 They do not mart etn he hotel. Camm PAS 4 Pesan? ‘CORRECTION 41 -boiogok 2 —fogorvor ——bo-3—magyarl~ Dette 4 Mennye ween thes Be akamak —— saan36 horminest TIZENEGYEDIK LECKE ‘Ma vizsgézunk (1) 1 — Nem féltek a mai vizsgatdl? (2) (3) 2— De feldnk, mert nagyon szigord a tanér. 3— Hény érakor van 2 vizsgatok? (4) 4— Délutan négy érakor (5) 5— Mi ot Orakor vizagézunk de nem fizikabél, hanem matematikabél. (2) Jé napet, uraim. Ki akar vizsgézni fikébél? Tess6k bojonni és ledin. (2) 7 — Tanér tr, nagyon ideges vagyok és tsa fojem. ‘8 — Nem bai, fam. A vizsgaki6l mindenki f. 9—De én nom tudok commit. Hazameayek. Viszontiatasra 10 — Ki akar még vizsgazni fizikabol? 6 PRONUNCIATION. ma vehgezurk {nom flee o mai venga 2 de fan met jn goer a lanes Than oreo von a vanadate aj raher Sinetron vchg zur de nem feo! haem metemasha ba 8 yo: napot urine akarvhgorn fab! toshaak bey at Tea? tar oo non idegesh vjok a fy 9 eye 8 ret ay iam a vega! minders fol 9 de cin nor tadox serint ratamejo vacates 10 har mal vchgazn ihe bo! noTes (1) The vero vzsgazk comes tom the noun vizsga (exam). conpgates tke aszie Soe pent te Lesson 7 (2) Fates he second pareonpltal of to vero fo beara) requis the eufix 6/48 (rom) Ak fl ait eokszer hal ‘nog (The ore who's aid of death des many tes) GYAKORLAT 1A tandrok nem viesgéznak ma. 2 Ki akar Jeni? 3 Avizsga nem nehéz. 4 A rendér semnmit6l nem fl 5 Tessék bejonni a ezobSba, 6 Reggel hazamegyurk? harminchat 35 ELEVENTH LESSON We Are Taking [an] Exam Today 1— Are you not afraid of today’s exam? 2— (Gut) [yes] we are afraid because the teacher Is very strict (very strict the teacher). 3— (At) what fime is your exam? ‘4— At four o'clock [in the] afternoon (afternoon at four o'clock). 5 — We are taking our exam at five o'clock (we at five o'clock take exam), but not in physics, (ather) in mathematics. 6 — Goed afternoon, gentiemen. Who wants to take [the] physic’s exem (to take exam in physics)? T— Sir, (leacher) | am very nervous and | have a headache (hurts my head) ‘8 — [it does] not matter, (my) son. Everybody is afraid of exams. ‘9— But | do not know anything. | am going home. See you later. 40 — Who else wants to take [the] physics exam? NOTES (Cont) (@) Tress ceree tomate an ascii fem an seve or nour: ma ~ mai (odsy, today) Magyarersség—egy3rs2ig) (Glngary 9 a et that orgnate for Hires). (4) We spoke a it about vanin notes 2 Loscon 2 ard | Lesson 9 tnd in pont 1 Leccon 7. In thin sontonca t inciestee Possession The suc fol tok!tdk ie the eocond person ltl possessive form: your CF note § Lesson &. (8) See note 6 Lesson 10 about ka EXERCISE 1 The teaches ae not lng exams oda 2 Who wants to 2 down? £1 The ami ot hard 4 The poleeran & nt sad of aytng. 5 Face come efathe seam. € re we gong home ntha marin? Lesson 137 harminchet EGESZITSE KI 1) Who wants to take the mathematics cam? K matematxsber? 2 Teecher (si), Ido not havea headache (ra od does not har. Tene... nem... a 3. Ale you afield of he docer 0? Ono 2.67 4140 nat want to {go for 3] walk [nthe] eforncen. nem skarok 5 [i] what sme dose your wio go tothe bark? Hany ogy a a barkba? TIZENKETTEDIK LECKE Varosnézés Budapeston 4 — Kedves turistak, a Dundnal vagyunk 2 Eza hid az Erzsébet hid. A Duna két partian Pesten is, Budan is kék autsbuszok és sarga vilamosok jarmak. (1) [PRONUNCIATION varastnazastootapesion 1 ac oerserk 2 enon pers ‘etd ar xchat ida naka paryan peaen Bd toed ak ao tos ls sae Weed mae harminenyole 38 (6 We do not take exams because we ae teachers. Minem + met vagyunk 7 setan = craor~~feeséged ~~ = wesgazin == anaroK- ‘TWELFTH LESSON Sightseeing In Budapest (City seeing in Budapest) 4 —(©ear tourists), we are at the Danube. 2 This bridge is Elizabeth bridge. On the two banks of the Danube, in Pest [and] in Buda too (en Pest co, on Buda too), biue buses and yellow trams run. noTes. (1) As we sow in note 4 Lesson 8 the demonstative pronoun is folowee by 2 acl. The inclusion ofa defi aicie makes Ita noun-phrase ofa sentence: ea id (ths blige of Ths s erga). WI" an incefeie ance t haces a serverce Ez ogy Pi (This 6 bridge). Omssion of he ate nas the fame meaning: Ez nic (Th ie a brag). Lesson #2239 arminctilenc 3. Most felmegytink @ Varba. Ott vannak a nagy rmizoumok. 4 Ez a Mélyas templom. Nagyon régi. Az abiakok kulonosen szépek. (2) 5 Most megint lemegyank a folyshoz. 6 — Jobbra, oz az épulet a Partamont. A kupolaja neogotikus. (1) 7 Bata fent, az a Hiton szélloda és « Kasziné. (2) B—Elnézést’ kérek, miért vannak modern Epdletek egy réi varosrészben? — Mert itt is emberek Sinek 5 doigoznak ‘A magyar fSvarosban nemesak miemiékek vannak 10 — Hanyan laknak Budapesten? (3) 411—Budapestnek —kétmillié_lakosa_—_van. Magyarorszagnak tizmlié. (4) 12— Holgyeim és uraim, a varosnézésnek vege. (5) [PRONUNCIATION ‘Sos lmao 2 varbe ot vera a a mooscoorak ez 2 rayash lem eenag| eee tntcoosapek Smosh eg err (2 fvoios 6 yore exo ata paranon! a opal negara 9 abe rt Se a hen sade sh a kaso: Berta kare matt “annah aon spe of ip veer 8 ar It erbarek éemonetatve pronouns that soresperd io the thi, the rs 2 vaed for afer any cect the Interagatie word ie not fellowes by a proper noun. Al hnany? or menny? the noun rete sng form. 0 the nqwer to he queston hanyan? te noun ais receives he regyven 40 3 Now we [will] go up to the castle. The great museums ere thore (There are the great museums) 4 This is Matthias church. [It is] very old. The windows {are} particularly beautiful 5 Now we [will go down again to the river. 6 Ths bulding on the rght [is] the parliament {on the right, this building the pariiamant). Its dome fis] neo-gothic. 7 Onthe lef, [up] above, that fs] the Hiton hotel and the casino, ‘8 — Excuse me (I beg your pardon), why are there ‘modem buildings in an old part of town (city part}? 9— Because people live and work here too (because here too people live and work). In the Hungarian capital there are not only monuments (In the Hungarian capital not on'y monuments there are) 10 — How many [people] ive in Budapest? 41 — Budapest has got two milion inhabitants Hungary has ten milion. 12— Lacies and gentlemen, the sightseeing tour is finished (end to the city seeing) NoTES (Cont) ‘ccunlaiveaffx_an/-en:Sokan vannak (There are many) land in the anawer fo the question Mdny héz van Londonban’? ‘Howmary houses are therein London?) we simply use Sok Many) Tere is na dflerence nthe mearing of hény? and rmenny?: Hany dra? = Marvy! ax 29? (Whel is the time?) ‘The frst 8 Used wih courtable nous, the second wih Uncourtabe ones OF In excamatons: Mennyi ember! (Go many people) (4) Ine nave s2en thatthe Enclisn verb: to have s exoressed with ‘he contusion” noun OF perscral pronoun + possessive sufic-nanek + van + te otjct + possessive sus“ -d fe (ae you lame in noe 5 lesson 6 and nce 5 lesson 8). (Keeninok exert van (N= Ks has 2 te) oF Neer baz lesz, mie One farkenye lez: (Il Pave money Dy seson 1241 nogyvenegy NOTES (Cont) ‘te tee you have the testbak) The cher possi simple Var 1 ho obec = posensive sfx (n 2 8 above) Yan ‘roid hee 2 lve) Rarmambat te pip ie Van AE? ‘you oe stil engl. Inthe casa yousan also boat: Van pcm (have got money) Fr poo’ rs Kiss her possbiii ae utr thaltered wir te amp estore Kcondnokgyoro van (Urs os he a chi). (6) The in Hélyyoim Se Urain! indieatos th plcl for inthe possessive. Cluck or shake as you wish, but hold our hand {nd let vs tod you Leer we shall expla evening GyaKoRLat 4 Jobbra, az nem a Kaszind. 2 Az ausztral tOvarosban nincsenek villamosok 3 Hanyan dolgoznak az étteremben? 4 Ti is lementek a Dunahoz? § Elnézést kérok, hol van a szélloda? 6 Ez a kony killondisen érdekes. Eoeszirse Ki 41 This buiing cn tho right is the bank a letras 2 The capital hae gotten millon nbabiants A ak milo 2 she chur far? A var TIZENHARMADIK LECKE Magénigy 1 — Mit esinal Virdg Jozsef reggettdl estig? (1) PRONUNCIATION imagaind 4 mt chia! vag jozhot reggats ache NoTEs. 41 Sao note 7 Lesson 10. The Engen constuction fom. 10 Kale Now York istandig (tom Calfomia to New Yorc negyvenkotts 42 EXERCISE ‘That eat he cate onthe right. 2In the Ausbatan capita hore aot (ery| rams 3Hew rany [pcp] work nf retaurr Ace You going downto the Danube foo? § Excuse me where the Moe? (Ths bok s racer inierestng 4 The monumenis are above. a fon Excuse me, where is this bus gong? érok, hove egy. autdbusz? {6 The potceman s gang up othe mr Nor rend 2 eneet Finder Haack AL MA RAO CORRECTION 1 Ez ~ tout Dank 2~ overos ~~~ axosa van_3- ‘empl Iessza = ¢~ndemiekok~ vanrak § Eheiest =~ a2 a2 BA {egy hartaci =e THIRTEENTH LESSON A] Private Mattor ‘4-— What {does} Joseph Virag do from morning till ight? NOTES (Cont) Island): cra nyo (rom tye 10 aor) i exrrssed win te ufos 0/401 9. ~g has only ore form regarciess of vowel mony ig ean alse mesr: til unl Lesson 1243 aeayvenécom 2— Regge! hétkor fekel. Mosakszik, feletozi, reggeiizic¢s djségot vas, (2) 3 Astin lomogy az utcdra, Felszall oz autoouszra és leszAll a gyar elt 4 Nyoket6l tig dolgozik a gyérben eay gép mellett. (1) (2) 5 Délben, pontosan tizenkét drakor ebédel majé 62% egy Kavet a bafébon. (2) Délutan mar nagyon faradt 6 egos. Este nyolckor hazamegy, vacsorazik, tévét 162, lovetkSaik,letekezik. (2) (3) 8 Eel otthon alszik 9— De mit esindl Virdg Jézsef délutn ats este 6 7 nyoleig? (1) 10 — Ez magéndoy. [PRONUNCIATION Fen eeetrtench et tine wn ep Sop ne eee i ae a Satie peepee cary Serger aa eetiegtaeazetes see eat o nena eatiee cee sitipaeisiena res seoees ain 1 rebar em motls 2 iv khoccn |6. 3 A tanar levetkézik az orvosndl. 4 Nincs bifé a gyttan 8 Hm ais ican aye & Gyerekek, ki akar tévét nézni? ecészirse xi 1 The family i not seeping Recess nom 2 Mony [people soeak Hurgerien here Mt. beesdnok egyvennégy 44 — He gets up at seven o'clock in the morning {moming at seven o'clock he gets up). He washes, gots dressed, has breakfast. and reads the newspaper. 3. After that he goos down to the etreat. He gets fon the bus and gets off in front of the factory 4. From eight til five he works [operates] (at) @ ‘machine in the factory. 5 Atnoon, at twelve o'clock exactly, he has lunch then he has (drinks) a coffee in the canteen. 6 Inthe afternoon he fs] (already) very tired and edgy. 7 At eight o'clock in the evening he goes home, has dinner, watches TV., gets undressed [end] goes to bed (lies down). 8 _Atnight he sleeps at home 9—But what does Joseph Virsg do in the ‘aftemoon trom five til eight in the evening? 10 — That's [al private matter. NOTES (Cont) (2) Alarge numberof Hungaian vers rcoive the suf cin the ‘tid person singular nen alfemaive earierce nthe present Their cerjugatan difers lite fom that of cther pee af ‘eres. Inthe nex (revision) lesan, we are going to inreduce Youte this comugation The wer ern in pot fe Lessee Tie Ot he same type ands ead fair to you. Dot go ple and reba, wil be easy! (@) The coloquat abbrevaten of te word elev Celevsin Is teva (TV). Te vero rez n tere ner ste sae one tal you tan fr varcsnaras, the We of Pe twely lessor. KS 2 compound wors vires (own) + né2 (atch Fleck al) © SUM (és when fransfoms a ver ino aroun. EXERCISE 1 Tne parton doesnot wash 2 The cles parla good. 3The fascner gots cnresand at he doctors 4 Theres po cas in the faccry & From thee i sx ain he curs. € Chien. Who wats water Tv? Lesson 1348 peayvenot 3 The hushonds ae very fred tere teraat 44 Pete ees ot want o work rom nino i fan, Potieo nem... doigezn kere... ie 5 Works rote private mate Rodos. nem 6 My wile does et have Linch and dows not nave anne ‘Afeteségem nem es nem ‘TIZENEGYEDIK LECKE Revision and Notes AS ne have mentioned, Hungarian is cferent nts siructure and vocabulary from all but two ether European languages ‘Together with Finish and Estonian it belongs to the Uraian family oflanguages. The closes: cognates ae the Ostiae and the Vogul which are spoken the valley ofthe great Siberian river, the Ob The grammatic construction of Hungarian is based on an extensive systom of euficas which substives ‘seciersion and propeeitons. You wil soon become friar with the speciicaly Hungarian way of tinking This short ‘theoretical inroducton was not intended to frighten you, we Simply want to help you to assimilate into the Inguistc ‘medium wit the world famous ASSIMIL method 1 The verb ‘We touched upon this theme in Lesson 7. However, much ‘emains to be sale eonnnat 45 (oe RR Behe Votien, a i, {cade —esk 2 —sokan -magyarl 3 A-regyon—ske 4 oT hginig &—munka -magérogy 8 ~~ sbocel-— vaceorisie FOURTEENTH LESSON Please read point 1 Leesen 7 snd note 2 Lecscn 13 again. 1 Take the vetos ‘elezil (got on, board), ot! (et down), leszal (get off), mega (sop), feimegy (go up) you met in the ninth lesson; bemegy (go in) in the tenth lesson, dejan (come in) inthe eleventh lesson; lemegy (ge down) in the Iwelthlesscn and fokel (get up), feloRzik (get dressed), lovetkézik (undress), lofekszik (io down, go to bed) the previcus lesson. These are all compourd verbs. The frst part of the verb (le, be, fl, meg) i a verbal prec or preverb that mocties or sometimes completely changes the mesning cf the Second part, which is the verb iself, as is the case with Englich phrasal verbs. It makes your language fearing esier, es you know one verb and can form a dozen if you know the meaning of the preverbs. A commoniy used example is the verb csinal (co or make) that changes ts meaning almost unpredictably under the infuence of Lesson 14447 negyvennst preverbs: megesinal (gat stn ready, complet, x, prepare, ‘repair; boosinal (make a meee in one's trousers), Kcsind! (pre-artange, ki); felcsindl (knock up). Le, fel ki be Indicate the directions down, up, out and in, but be cautious (see the examples above). Feléitézi means to ‘eet dressed, but this verb does not go with the prefix le (the apt verd would be Jevetkéel), beatézik means to put ‘on @ white overall and mask for an operation orto jin ‘ligous order, while kiotozk is rot the oppoeite of tt ‘means to deck oneself out in fre clothes. The prever® meg hhas the connoiation of pertecton: to do something untl the fend. £g. eszik means to eat, mogesel macne t0 eat up. ‘Megvan means it sl hasn't been Tost or it has just been ‘ound. This is only a foretaste of tho rich choice of preverbe, later on we shal give you futher examples. 1b The verbs that recsive the suffix «ik inthe third person singular were already mertioned twice: in acint tle of Lesson 7 and in note 2 Lesson 13. It ‘only cifee from the ether present tense conjugation inthe three persons of the singular: cf beszé! (speak) in point ‘ein Lesson 7. Look at the examples below: reggetzern | fave] breakfast reggeliza!: ‘you have] breakfast reggelizk helsve fas) breakiast reggeizanke we [nave] breakfact reaaeiiziek: you have] breakfast reggaizneke they [have] breaktast vacsorézom: tine vacsoraz01 you dre vacsordzik: hefshe dines vacsorazunk wwe cine vacsoraztok: you dine vvacsorazna they cine 2 Tho Suffixes note 5 Lesson 8, notes 2 and 4 Lesson 9, note 7 Lesson $and note 1 Lesson 19 we grouped the acverbial suttxes ee egrvennyote 48 ‘of place according tothe position (inthe middle clurnn on the folowing page) anc the postive or negative drection (in the first and the thd columns) that they indicate, We now ‘acd the remark, that sufies of positive ctection can also) indicate a resul, while those cf negative dreciion suggest a consequence: vendbe rak (putin order: hdlyére ver (eat 50 to 8 pul, tera: beat to idl). Loesaibel mogmargox (poison sb invout of revenge); Kék ~ 20H a flelrni6 (Ha/eno is blue anc green from fear. The base meaning of, these suffixes honever is sptil. WHERE To? WHERE? |WHENCE? babe -varv-ben bélr-bel wale “eevenl-oa “6ite6l hhozr-hear-nezig —-nalienét teva Now you sae the diference between fzba (ino the house), hafora (onto the house), hdzhoz (tothe house), hey (as for as the house). There ate also iciomatc expressions tke hndarbl dara jar (go trom house to hause) oF héatél hé2iy seiltés (hovseorhouse transport); hézhoz szAilités (Coot teceor delvery) The nuances come later weh practice, 3 Possessive Surtees. ‘Things promised are things due: in notes 5 of Lesson 6 and Lesson 9 we promised to revise the possercive cut which 'Sexoressed in Engish wih possessive pronouns, Behold the ‘translation afte sens: kGnyvem, kn/ved 28 folows. onywsom: my book konywed: your book. Kony! Fisher book konywnic ‘our book Konyveiek kényy- haz-am: my house dead your house49 negwveniione have histhor house azaunke ‘our house haz-atok your house hezule their house TIZENOTODIK LECKE ‘Ma semmit nem taldlok — Drégm, nem tudod, hol van a szemuvegern? Ma 2— Nem tudom. Telén velahol az diségok mellett van, (1) 3— Persze. Kész6nom. Miyen okos vagy!.. (@) 4° Dragém, nom tuded, hol van a mai uiség? (1) 5 — Biztosan a2 gy alatt van. (4) 6 — Nines sem az agy alt, sem az Say mogétt. (6) You shovld eeecy be familar wih Hungarian gronuncation. We shal ro transo7De i any more. Nores (1) As we fered in nate 2 Lesson 19, there are. several ‘conbaatons. Now we stall eveal something you rst not Imagre even In you wices creams Hungarian verbs have two compeiydferent corjugators iter sa drect object in tye sanience or f cre was mertcres in i eves ‘Sentence or atthe very least yeu ean 299 the cect object © ‘that vero n ough, you must use anjectve cenugaton. Ths ‘makes tha vero arc tthe eertence rere concrete. Thats Uy he objet usval receives a definite article Eg. Szeretck fanuhi ( the learrg) = eujective conjugation. Szereiom ‘ajra (ica dane bat Fguratvelytmeane: Pulte ether one) = bjectve conjugation. The tte Carnal was cokodifhe hod Gravy. ~ Pete, szorcted o nagymams? Akkor vegy6l még! (Take Some more then) Amore detaed explanation flows role 2 Lesson 17 and in revision lesson 24 ee ven 50 We tried ourbect co that you wouid mixup these costnuctions with the short sentences expressing possession wit the helb ofthe verb van, such 26 Van hazam (ve got 2 house) oF Kissnénok i szeregie van (Mrs Kiss hes a new iver) Hopetlly we dit manage to canfuse you. Or id we? FIFTHEENTH LESSON | [can] not Find Anything Today 4.— (My) Darling, do you (not) know (i) where my glasses are? 2-1 do not know (it). Perhaps [they] are somewhere beside the nawspaners, 3 — Of course. Thank you. How clever you are! ‘4 — (My) Darling, do you (net) know where today’s, paper is? 5 — Its under the bed, for sure. 6 — Itis nelther under the bed, nor behind the bed, NOTES (Cont) (2) ln Engich cbocts consisting of two pars which ave used in the plural form such as classes, tousers, shots, pyiaras, sobtors, ae considered as one erty in Hungarian and re Usedin ine srquar szemuveg,naaray, roudrecrag (shor) Dasara, ob. Theres ro Hungavian non used exclusively in the pural (3) Miyen tarelates hero 26 how. In an ineregatve sentence we Varslale& a5 what kd of (4) You have akeady experienced the heremenen of adjcives being tansformed into adverbs with the suffix -n. It coresponds fo the Engish suffix. Pics means exci ‘ontine, porfosan mears exacty Ct ne 3 Lesson 8 (9) Som sem is nether nor, fs 1s means te, Dut in anganan It must be repeates attr @aen example. Lk UP ‘he second eantence of Lesson 12 Leseon 15