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EXPRESSIONS FOR WRITING LETTERS Sajnálkozás, magyarázkodás:


I’m very sorry but I…
I’m afraid I……..I am sorry.
Megszólítás: Dear …(Sir or Madam) Sorry about (not) …….ing…
I’m writing to you… I’m awfully/terribly sorry about…ing…
Elköszönés: I must apologise for…ing…
Love, Lots of love, I do apologize for…ing…
Keep in touch, Meghívások:
Yours, How about ….ing…
Take care, Why don’t you…
Write soon, We think it’d be a good idea if…
Best wishes, We would like to ask you to come….
Best regards, We wondered if you would like to come…
All the best, We would like to invite you…
Yours sincerely, Meghívás elfogadása:
Yours faithfully I’d be very pleased to come to…
Érdeklődések, kérések: I’d be delighted to accept your…
I wonder if… I’d be very happy to…
Would it be possible to… / for you to… Your invitation to…is very welcome…
Please could I/you … Your invitation was a delightful/lovely surprise…
I would be very grateful if (you could/would)… Thank you / Thanks for…The answer is ‘yes’…
Can I / Could I… Meghívás visszautasítása:
Could you possibly… I’m very sorry but I’ll have to refuse / say ‘no’…
I wonder if you’d mind… I’m very sorry but I simply can’t make it…/come…
Would you mind in any way if… I’m terribly sorry to have to…
Is there any chance of me / my coming… Thank you for your…but unfortunately…
I was wondering if I could / you could / would… It’s not possible for me to…
I’d like to know…
I wonder if you could tell me…
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Tervek: Pozitív, negatív érzések:


I’ll be leaving / arriving… I’ve fallen in love with…
I should be …ing… I’m becoming very fond of / attached to…
I’m spending…/ I’m going to spend… I feel very / absolutely…
I’ve arranged to… I’m delighted / amazed / overwhelmed…
I’m planning to… I was furious / extremely angry…
I’m thinking of… It really infuriates me…
I’m hoping to… I’m sick and tired of…
I’d like to… I can’t stand /can’t bear…
Gratuláció: I’m fed up with…
I congratulate you on…ing… I’m feeling…unhappy/depressed/miserable…
I’m delighted/pleased to hear that you… I was hoping to/expecting to…
It was great to hear that you… but sadly/unfortunately…
Congratulations on…ing… I’m rather worried/afraid/frightened that/of…
Congratulations on your success in…ing… I’m terrified / scared…
Well done!
Rossz hír, sajnálkozás:
I was very sorry to hear that…
I was deeply upset to learn that…
I send you my sympathy…
If I can do anything, don’t hesitate to let me know.
If I can be of any help…
Köszönetnyilvánítás:
Thank you very much for…ing…
I must thank you for…
I am extremely/most grateful…for your help / for…ing
It was very nice / kind of you to…
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OTHER EXPRESSIONS I’ve no more news for the moment.


Do write to me soon and tell me all about yourself.
BEVEZETÉS
I hope to have a letter from you soon.
I have just received your letter and I am writing at once because…
Write to me and let me know how you’re getting on.
I’m sorry it has taken me so long to reply to your last letter but…
I can’t think of anything else to write at the moment.
What a surprise it was to get a letter from you after all this time.
Bye for now. Take care and write to me soon.
I was very sorry to hear that…
Hope all goes well with you.
I feel sure that you will be interested to know that…
Well, I hope I’ve remembered everything but if I haven’t…
It was lovely to hear about what has been going on with you.
Please let me know what you think about it.
The reason I am writing is that…
Please forgive me for my delay in answering your letter but…
MEGHÍVÁSOK
Thanks a lot for your last letter.
Why don’t you come and spend the holidays / the rest of the summer…with us?
It’s a long time since I last wrote to you.
Have you thought of +ige-ing ?
I was very delighted / pleased / happy to receive your letter…
The offer still stands if you want to take it up.
I hope this letter reaches you in time…
How about +főnév / ige-ing?
It was lovely to hear from you again.
Would you like to…?
In your last letter you asked me about / to+ige1
I would be delighted if you would / could…
I must apologise for not writing to you for so long…
You may be surprised to hear that…
VÁLASZ MEGHÍVÁSOKRA
I’m writing to ask you for some advice…
I can’t wait to come.
I was interested to hear that…
I will be delighted to…
It’s so sweet of you to…
BEFEJEZÉS
I look / am looking forward to hearing from you soon.
KÉRÉSEK
I do hope to see you soon.
Could I possibly ask you a favour?
Please remember me to… (Üdvözlöm…-ot)
I would be extremely grateful if you would do this for me.
Please give my love / best regards / best wishes to…
Is there any chance of you sending me a…?
Say hello to …from me.
Could you send me a…?
We all send our love to you and to…
If you don’t object to it I would like to ask you to…
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I’m sorry to have to bother about this. If I’m not mistaken…


Do you think I could stay with you? First of all / First and foremost / To begin with…
I have a great favour to ask you. Unfortunately…
Would it be all possible to… Well, to tell you the truth…
If it’s all inconvenient to you feel free to say so. I entirely disagree with…
In my opinion…
I can’t say that I share your view but…
KÖSZÖNETEK I entirely share your view…
I’m extremely grateful for your help in… And there’s one more thing…
How charming of you to … If I were you…
You have no idea how grateful I am for… Take my advice and…
It’s a gift I’ve always wanted to have. I would think it twice before…
I have no words to tell you how much I like it. I would be extremely careful to…
Now that I’m back I want to say thank you again for… And there’s one more thing I’d like to know.
Thank you for your wonderful hospitability. (vendégszeretet)
I will never forget your kindness. On the one hand / First…
Secondly…
HIVATALOSABB KIFEJEZÉSEK Another problem is that…
In reply to your letter of November 25… On the other hand…
I am writing to you in connection with… Moreover / Furthermore…
Should you require any further information, please contact me. Thirdly…
I thank you in advance for your reply. For example / For instance
I enclose a brochure for further information. However,
And last but not least…
TÖLTELÉKEK, KÖTŐSZAVAK, ÖSSZEKÖTÉSEK Above all…
I hope you don’t mind my asking… Most important of all…
As far as ….is concerned… To put it in a nutshell…
As for me / my family…(ami…-ot illeti) All in all…
As far as I remember… All things considered…
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To sum up… Thank God…


In conclusion… No wonder…
Not to mention… I’m absolutely sure / certain that…
In one word… I don’t think there could be any doubt about…
In addition / Besides… It’s quite obvious that…
Needless to say… I shouldn’t be surprised if…
In fact / Actually / As a matter of fact… Admittedly…(kétségkívül)
I think / I guess / I believe that… I’m convinced that…
Guess what. However strange it may sound…
Another important issue / question is… It’s very / quite likely that…
With regard to…/ As regards… It depends on… (függ vmitől)
I would like to remind you that / to… It’s the other way round (pont fordítva)
If you follow my advice… In terms of… (vmi tekintetében)
Do you really think… Interestingly / Strangely enough… (furcsa módon)
If you ask me… The other side of the coin is that…
In my view… Therefore…(ezért aztán)
As a result of this… As far as I can judge…(amennyire meg tudom ítélni)
Consequently / As a consequence… In a way / Somehow…(bizonyos értelemben)
I was left with no choice but… Who knows. / You never know. (Ki tudja, talán.)
I had no choice but… In spite of all this (mindenek ellenére)
On top of everything else… namely (mégpedig)
To make things worse… or something like that (vagy vmi hasonló)
What’s more… As I said / As I mentioned…(amint említettem)
Believe it or not…
Naturally / Of course…
Well, quite honestly…
As far as I am concerned… (Ami engem illet)
There is a lot in what you say…
On the contrary…

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