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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘why?’ in Hungarian. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why were you late?' in Hungarian. |
| Lena: [Normal] Miért késtél? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'why'. |
| Lena: [Normal] miért [Slow] miért |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you were late'. |
| Lena: [Normal] késtél [Slow] késtél |
| Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Why were you late?'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Miért késtél? [Normal] Miért késtél? |
| Eric: Here's the way to answer, 'I missed the train.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Lekéstem a vonatot. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I missed'. |
| Lena: [Normal] lekéstem [Slow] lekéstem |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'the'. |
| Lena: [Normal] a [Slow] a |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'train'. |
| Lena: [Normal] vonatot [Slow] vonatot |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I missed the train.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Lekéstem a vonatot. [Normal] Lekéstem a vonatot. |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Lena: [Normal] Miért indulsz el olyan korán? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'why'. |
| Lena: [Normal] miért [Slow] miért |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'you leave'. |
| Lena: [Normal] indulsz el [Slow] indulsz el |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'so'. |
| Lena: [Normal] olyan [Slow] olyan |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'early'. |
| Lena: [Normal] korán [Slow] korán |
| Eric: Listen again to the question, 'Why do you leave so early?'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Miért indulsz el olyan korán? [Normal] Miért indulsz el olyan korán? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.' |
| Lena: [Normal] Hogy ne késsem le a vonatot. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'to'. |
| Lena: [Normal] hogy [Slow] hogy |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'not'. |
| Lena: [Normal] ne [Slow] ne |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I miss'. |
| Lena: [Normal] késsem le [Slow] késsem le |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'the'. |
| Lena: [Normal] a [Slow] a |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'train'. |
| Lena: [Normal] vonatot [Slow] vonatot |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'To not miss the train.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Hogy ne késsem le a vonatot. [Normal] Hogy ne késsem le a vonatot. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Lena: In Hungary, public transportation is reliable most of the time. Bus drivers might even wait for you if they see you running desperately towards the bus. But during rush hour, I have noticed full buses that didn’t need to stop at my station to let passengers off just passing by without any prior notice. So I would recommend that you leave a bit earlier just in case. |
Outro |
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| Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Lena: Sziasztok! |
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A mondat, Miért indulsz el olyan korán?, angolul van, nem magyarul. Én nem kérdezem miért...