Learn how to ask others to take a photo for you
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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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| In this lesson, we'll introduce a phrase that will surely come in handy for capturing your memories on film or memory card. Hungary has a lot of beautiful locations. Obviously, you will take many pictures of the landscape and monuments. However, sometimes you'll want to be in the picture or include everyone in your party. Therefore, there are times when the question, "Can you take our/my picture?" will be invaluable! |
| In Hungarian, "Can you take our picture?" is: Lefotózna minket? |
| Lefotózna minket? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Le-fo-tóz-na min-ket? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Lefotózna minket? |
| The first word, lefotózna means, "can you take a picture?" |
| This is followed by: minket, which literally means "us" in English. |
| To recap here, we have: Lefotózna minket? This means "Can you take our picture?" Lefotózna minket? |
| If you are on your own and you want to ask "Can you take my picture?" in Hungarian, you just need to replace minket with engem, so you would have Lefotózna engem? |
| Lefotózna engem? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Le-fo-tóz-na en-gem? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Lefotózna engem? |
| What if you bump into a young person and you don't need to use the formal level of speech? It's very easy because the only element that changes is the verb. So lefotózna changes into lefotóznál ("can you take a picture"). |
| So all together, you will have Lefotóznál minket? |
| Lefotóznál minket? |
| Lefotóznál minket? when there are more people in your group; and Lefotóznál engem? for when it's just you by yourself. |
| Let's see them again, first the plural, than the singular, both three times. Lefotóznál minket? Lefotóznál minket? and Lefotóznál engem? Lefotóznál engem? |
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. |
| "Can you take our picture? (formal)" - Lefotózna minket? |
| Lefotózna minket? |
| Lefotózna minket? |
| "Can you take our picture? (informal)" - Lefotóznál minket? |
| Lefotóznál minket? |
| Lefotóznál minket? |
| "Can you take my picture? (formal)" - Lefotózna engem? |
| Lefotózna engem? |
| Lefotózna engem? |
| "Can you take my picture? (informal)" - Lefotóznál engem? |
| Lefotóznál engem? |
| Lefotóznál engem? |
| 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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