Learn how to count to ten
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Sziasztok. Hello and welcome to Hungarian Survival Phrases brought to you by HungarianPod101.com, this course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Hungary. You will be surprised at how far a little Hungarian will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by HungarianPod101.com and there, you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| This lesson is very straightforward because we're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
| 0 - nulla |
| 1 - egy |
| 2 - kettő |
| 3 - három |
| 4 - négy |
| 5 - öt |
| 6 - hat |
| 7 - hét |
| 8 - nyolc |
| 9 - kilenc |
| 10 - tíz |
| We use "one" or egy as the indefinite article "a"/"an" before nouns. |
| The number comes first, followed by the thing. |
| For example, "one person" is egy ember. |
| Let's break down these two words and hear them one more time: Egy em-ber. |
| Egy ember. |
| To say "two people" you will say, két ember. |
| két ember. |
| két ember. |
| As you may have noticed, here we use the shortened form of "two," in Hungarian: kettő. |
| Don't worry, all the other numbers are quite easy to use in this construction. |
| If there are "five people," you have: öt ember. |
| Numbers can be very useful especially when shopping in Hungary. |
| Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. |
| For example, imagine you would like to buy two bottles of wine in a nice shop. |
| "Two bottles of wine, please." Két üveg bort kérek. |
| Két üveg bort kérek. |
| Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: Két ü-veg bort ké-rek. |
| Két üveg bort kérek. |
| Két, as you already know means "two." |
| Üveg means "glass" but in our case would be "bottle." |
| Let's see that again: üveg üveg. |
| The last new word in the construction is bort. |
| bort |
| bort |
| You may remember the word bor from our lesson on restaurants; it means wine. Here, an extra -t shows up at the end the word. Listen: bort. This -t shows that the noun is in the accusative case, that it's the object of the sentence. |
| Kérek, as we've mentioned countless times is "please" or "I'd like a." |
| Now, what do you say when you want to buy Hungarian paprika? |
| "A pack of paprika, please" is Egy zacskó paprikát kérek. |
| Let's break it down and see it again: Egy zacs-kó pap-ri-kát ké-rek. |
| Egy zacskó paprikát kérek. |
| We used the word egy or "one" here together with zacskó, or "packet, pack." |
| Let's see this one again: zacs-kó. |
| zacskó |
| zacskó |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer; so, sok szerencsét, which means "good luck" in Hungarian. |
| "One person." - egy ember. |
| egy ember. |
| egy ember. |
| "Two people." - két ember. |
| két ember. |
| két ember. |
| "Two bottles of wine, please." - Két üveg bort kérek. |
| Két üveg bort kérek. |
| Két üveg bort kérek. |
| "A pack of paprika, please." - Egy zacskó paprikát kérek. |
| Egy zacskó paprikát kérek. |
| Egy zacskó paprikát kérek. |
| All right. That’s is going to do it for today. Remember to stop by HungarianPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Sziasztok! |
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