Learn how to ask about someone's age
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Hungarian. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Hungarian. |
| Lena: [Normal] Hány éves vagy? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'how many'. |
| Lena: [Normal] hány [Slow] hány |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'years old'. |
| Lena: [Normal] éves [Slow] éves |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are'. |
| Lena: [Normal] vagy [Slow] vagy |
| Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How old are you?'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Hány éves vagy? [Normal] Hány éves vagy? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How old are you?'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Ön hány éves? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'You (formal)'. |
| Lena: [Normal] ön [Slow] ön |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'how many'. |
| Lena: [Normal] hány [Slow] hány |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'years old'. |
| Lena: [Normal] éves [Slow] éves |
| Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How old are you?'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Ön hány éves? [Normal] Ön hány éves? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am 17.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning '17'. |
| Lena: [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) [Slow] 17 (tizenhét) |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I am'. |
| Lena: [Normal] vagyok [Slow] vagyok |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am 17.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok. [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Nem szeretném elárulni. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I would like to'. |
| Lena: [Normal] szeretném [Slow] szeretném |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to disclose'. |
| Lena: [Normal] elárulni [Slow] elárulni |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I prefer not to say.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Nem szeretném elárulni. [Normal] Nem szeretném elárulni. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Lena: In Hungary, like other countries, women don't really like to disclose their age, and some women even find it rude if you ask them about their age. So be careful! |
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! |
Comments
HideHi Listeners! How old are you?
Hi Christina!
Hamarosan hatvannyolc! 🎉 (Soon to be sixty-eight!)
That's wonderful! you're doing great! Keep up the good work! If you have any questions in your language learning journey, please let us know.
Have a great day!
Köszönjük! (Thank you!)
Team HungarianPod101.com
Soon to be hatven nyolc!
Szia David,
In polite sentences/questions we use the third person singular form of verbs.
You're right!
'van' is missing in your example. This is a rule, should be memorized.
Thanks for the question,
Zsuzsanna
Team HungarianPod101. com
Szia! Hetvenkettő vagyok.
Question: Why is there a difference in inserting a verb when using "Hány éves vagy?" versus "Ön hány éves?" Why is the verb "to be" vagy eliminated in the polite form?
Köszönöm
Hi Cláudia,
Thanks for sharing with us! Let us know if you have any questions!
Cheers,
Khanh
Team HungarianPod101.com
Excellent😄❤️️❤️️👍👍
Kedves Marcos Santana!
Köszönjük a válaszodat! Én huszonhét éves vagyok!
Thanks,
Dorottya
Team HungarianPod101.com
Ótven hét vagyok