Learn how to use the nine usual subjects, a group of nine Hungarian verbs that conjugate irregularly
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Simone: Hi everyone and welcome to Upper Beginner Hungarian, season 1, lesson 18, Let's Have some Hungarian Pancakes. I am Simone. |
| Csaba: And I am Csaba. |
| Simone: In this lesson we’re going to learn about the nine usual suspects, the nine verbs that very often conjugate irregularly. |
| Csaba: The conversation takes place at Susan’s apartment. |
| Simone: The conversation is between Susan and Dani. |
| Csaba: They use the informal language. |
| Simone: Let’s listen to it now. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Dani: Eszel egy palacsintát? |
| Susan: Nem hiszem hogy jót tesz a diétának. Na jó, kérek. |
| Dani: Vigyél a suliba is. |
| Susan: Oké. Iszom még egy szörpöt, kérsz te is? |
| Dani: Nem kérek. A spájzban van, tegnap vettem. |
| Susan: Na mentem, el fogok késni. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Dani: Eszel egy palacsintát? |
| Susan: Nem hiszem hogy jót tesz a diétának. Na jó, kérek. |
| Dani: Vigyél a suliba is. |
| Susan: Oké. Iszom még egy szörpöt, kérsz te is? |
| Dani: Nem kérek. A spájzban van, tegnap vettem. |
| Susan: Na mentem, el fogok késni. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Dani: Eszel egy palacsintát? |
| Simone: Will you have a pancake? |
| Susan: Nem hiszem hogy jót tesz a diétának. Na jó, kérek. |
| Simone: I don't think it's good for my weight. Alright, I'll have one. |
| Dani: Vigyél a suliba is. |
| Simone: Take some to school with you. |
| Susan: Oké. Iszom még egy szörpöt, kérsz te is? |
| Simone: OK. I'll have a glass of cordial, would you like some? |
| Dani: Nem kérek. A spájzban van, tegnap vettem. |
| Simone: No. It is in the pantry, I bought some yesterday. |
| Susan: Na mentem, el fogok késni. |
| Simone: I'm off now, I'm gonna be late. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Simone: Pancakes... oh, boy. Why did you have to bring them up? |
| Csaba: Well, sorry. Also a fan? |
| Simone: Of course, don’t you like them? |
| Csaba: My favorite is the cinnamon sugar pancake. Those are fantastic. |
| Simone: I prefer cottage cheese. But what I really hate is when they put raisins in it. |
| Csaba: An abomination, in my opinion. They do that very often, unfortunately. |
| Simone: Do you prefer sweet or salty ones? |
| Csaba: Sweet. I don’t eat pancakes as a main dish. Only as dessert, but then fifty of them. |
| Simone: Oh, hey, you know we’ve got a lesson to do. |
| Csaba: Right, I actually forgot about that in all the excitement. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Simone: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Csaba: palacsinta [natural native speed] |
| Simone: pancake, crepe |
| Csaba: palacsinta [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: palacsinta [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: hisz [natural native speed] |
| Simone: believe |
| Csaba: hisz [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: hisz [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: jót tesz [natural native speed] |
| Simone: does good |
| Csaba: jót tesz [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: jót tesz [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: diéta [natural native speed] |
| Simone: diet |
| Csaba: diéta [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: diéta [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: visz [natural native speed] |
| Simone: "take" |
| Csaba: visz [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: visz [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: szörp [natural native speed] |
| Simone: cordial |
| Csaba: szörp [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: szörp [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: spájz [natural native speed] |
| Simone: pantry, larder |
| Csaba: spájz [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: spájz [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: elkésik [natural native speed] |
| Simone: be late |
| Csaba: elkésik [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: elkésik [natural native speed] |
| VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE |
| Simone: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Simone: What is the first item? |
| Csaba: Jót tesz means “does good” or “has beneficial effect on.” Tesz is the third person singular form of tenni, or “do, act.” Jót is “good” in accusative. The noun that receives the effect will take the -nak/-nek ending. |
| Simone: Let’s take a look at an example. |
| Csaba: A tej jót tesz a bőrnek. |
| Simone: “Milk is good for the skin.” You regularly take baths of milk? |
| Csaba: Who doesn’t? |
| Simone: You are weird. Repeat the sentence anyway. |
| Csaba: A tej jót tesz a bőrnek. Bőr in this sentence is “skin.” The opposite is rosszat tesz. A cigi rosszat tesz a tüdőnek. |
| Simone: “Cigarettes do harm to the lungs.” |
| Csaba: A cigi rosszat tesz a tüdőnek. The next is a short explanation. Diéta in Hungarian means the actual process of trying to lose weight. |
| Simone: How do you say “are you trying to lose weight?” |
| Csaba: Diétázol? 2X |
| Simone: All right, anything else for the vocab section? |
| Csaba: Mentem means “I went.” This is often used when people are leaving a place. It is in past tense, even though you are actually announcing your future intention of leaving. An example would be |
| Simone: “It is late, I’m off.” |
| Csaba: Késő van, én mentem. |
| Simone: All right, we’ll go check out the grammar point. |
| Csaba: Yes, we shall. |
Lesson focus |
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| Simone: In this lesson we’re going to teach you nine verbs, the nine verbs we like to call the nine usual suspects, since they are almost always conjugated differently from regular verbs. |
| Csaba: These are highly irregular and they stab you in the back when you think you know conjugation. Unfortunately they include some very basic stuff that you have to use all the time. |
| Simone: Let’s go then, what are those? |
| Csaba: Here is the list |
| Simone: “to eat” |
| Csaba: inni |
| Simone: “to drink” |
| Csaba: jönni |
| Simone: “to come” |
| Csaba: menni |
| Simone: “to go” |
| Csaba: tenni |
| Simone: “to put, to do, to act” |
| Csaba: venni |
| Simone: “to buy” |
| Csaba: hinni |
| Simone: “to believe” |
| Csaba: lenni |
| Simone: “to be” |
| Csaba: vinni |
| Simone: “to take, to carry” |
| Csaba: What these verbs have in common is that they all end in -nni in the infinitive. If you want to get to the verb stem, you have to cut this -nni ending off. |
| Simone: Let’s see some examples. |
| Csaba: Dénes iszik egy kólát. |
| Simone: “Dénes is drinking a coke.” |
| Csaba: Dénes iszik egy kólát. Iszik is “he drinks” and it is indefinite. |
| Simone: The definite conjugation would be... |
| Csaba: Dénes issza a kólát. |
| Simone: “Dénes is drinking the coke.” |
| Csaba: Dénes issza a kólát. Issza is “he drinks” definite. One think to mention here. One peculiarity of indefinite – definite conjugation is that in first person singular it sounds more educated and elevated if you use the definite form with and indefinite noun. |
| Simone: So what you’re saying is that if you want to sound educated, you have to go against the rules we’ve learned. Can you show us with an example? |
| Csaba: Sure. Remember though, it is only correct in first person singular! Iszok egy kólát. |
| Simone: “I’ll drink a coke.” |
| Csaba: Iszok egy kólát. This above form is what the rules would suggest. It’s not exactly incorrect, but sounds less educated. Now, we have |
| Simone: “I’ll drink a coke.” |
| Csaba: Iszom egy kólát. This is completely against logic, but for some reason this sounds more educated to the Hungarian ear. This custom is still around I first person, but actually it is not a big deal if you screw it up. |
| Simone: All right, listeners, please go to the PDF guide. |
| Csaba: And come back next time. Sziasztok! |
| Simone: Bye! |
Outro |
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