Review plural nouns
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Simone: Hi everyone and welcome to Upper Beginner Hungarian, season 1, lesson 19, Where are the Hungarian Letters?. I am Simone. |
| Csaba: And I am Csaba. |
| Simone: In this lesson we’re going to revisit plural nouns. |
| 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 |
| Susan: Mik azok a levelek? |
| Dani: Milyen levelek? |
| Susan: Három levél van az asztalon. A poharak mellett. |
| Dani: Megjöttek a csomagok. Ezek az értesítők. |
| Susan: Mit rendeltél? |
| Dani: Két könyvet és két művészeti albumot. A vizsgámhoz olvasok. |
| English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Susan: Mik azok a levelek? |
| Dani: Milyen levelek? |
| Susan: Három levél van az asztalon. A poharak mellett. |
| Dani: Megjöttek a csomagok. Ezek az értesítők. |
| Susan: Mit rendeltél? |
| Dani: Két könyvet és két művészeti albumot. A vizsgámhoz olvasok. |
| English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Susan: Mik azok a levelek? |
| Simone: What are those letters? |
| Dani: Milyen levelek? |
| Simone: What letters? |
| Susan: Három levél van az asztalon. A poharak mellett. |
| Simone: There are three letters on the table. Next to the cups. |
| Dani: Megjöttek a csomagok. Ezek az értesítők. |
| Simone: The parcels have arrived. These are the notices. |
| Susan: Mit rendeltél? |
| Simone: What did you order? |
| Dani: Két könyvet és két művészeti albumot. A vizsgámhoz olvasok. |
| Simone: Two books and two albums. I'm reading them for my exam. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Simone: I don’t remember the word “art” mentioned before in the podcasts. |
| Csaba: No, and it is a shame. I think we’ve talked about writers, movies, directors and poets before, never a painter. |
| Simone: So who is the one painter the listeners should know about? |
| Csaba: Most people would think of Munkácsy when it comes to “the” Hungarian painter. He lived in the nineteenth century and he liked painting biblical and historical themes. |
| Simone: And you can check out his work in museums in Budapest, Debrecen, all the way to the Public Library in New York. |
| Csaba: Right. His most famous painting, Milton is kept in New York as well. He’s won countless awards, gold medal at the 1878 World’s Fair in Paris. Just like Simone said |
| Simone: All right, let’s see the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Simone: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Csaba: pohár [natural native speed] |
| Simone: glass |
| Csaba: pohár [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: pohár [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: megjön [natural native speed] |
| Simone: arrive |
| Csaba: megjön [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: megjön [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: csomag [natural native speed] |
| Simone: "pack, packet, parcel" |
| Csaba: csomag [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: csomag [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: értesítő [natural native speed] |
| Simone: notice |
| Csaba: értesítő [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: értesítő [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: rendel [natural native speed] |
| Simone: to order |
| Csaba: rendel [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: rendel [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: album [natural native speed] |
| Simone: album |
| Csaba: album [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: album [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: művészet [natural native speed] |
| Simone: art |
| Csaba: művészet [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: művészet [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: vizsga [natural native speed] |
| Simone: exam |
| Csaba: vizsga [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: vizsga [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Csaba: levél [natural native speed] |
| Simone: letter |
| Csaba: levél [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Csaba: levél [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. |
| Csaba: The first vocab item is the verb megjön. Though jön is already familiar, you should know that attaching the meg- prefix means “arrive.” |
| Simone: Again, one of those cases where the prefix changes the meaning of the verb and not only gives it a direction. So, how do you say “pizza’s here,” or “the pizza’s arrived.” |
| Csaba: Megjött a pizza. |
| Simone: Repeat again, please. |
| Csaba: Megjött a pizza. You can use it in a more abstract sense. Repeat this |
| Simone: “I’m in the mood of cooking now.” Literally |
| Csaba: Megjött a kedvem főzni. |
| Simone: All right, let’s move on with the next item. |
| Csaba: Művészet means “the arts.” In this dialogue we use művészeti, which means “of art, about art.” This is an adjective. |
| Simone: I think the word in the dialogue was “art album.” |
| Csaba: In Hungarian that is művészeti album. 2X. |
| Simone: Let’s say this now |
| Csaba: Szeretem a képzőművészetet. Képzőművészet is “visual arts.” |
| Simone: All right, let’s take a look at the last vocab part and then wrap this section up. |
| Csaba: The question word milyen means “what kind?” I’m sure you guys have all heard of this before. In this dialogue however, you can hear this |
| Simone: “What letters?” |
| Csaba: Milyen levelek? In this context and with the correct intonation it means “what on earth are you talking about?” Using this question word implied that you are surprised or that you don’t really want to believe what the other person says. |
| Simone: Like if I ask you the question |
| Csaba: Hol van a csoki? |
| Simone: To what you answer with another question |
| Csaba: Milyen csoki?? |
| Simone: All right, let’s see those plurals. |
Lesson focus |
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| Simone: In this lesson we’re going to revisit certain issues of plural nouns and pluralization. |
| Csaba: We have covered the basics is earlier lessons, but there is always new material, new nouns and irregularities that you have to learn later. |
| Simone: We’ll start by teaching you a rule |
| Csaba: We’ve seen an example for that |
| Simone: “There are three letters on the table.” |
| Csaba: Három levél van az asztalon. Három means “three” and levél is “letter.” This is the singular form. |
| Simone: The noun remains singular if it is in the answer to the questions “how many,” “how much?”. |
| Csaba: Hány levél van az asztalon? |
| Simone: “How many letters are there on the table.” |
| Csaba: Hány levél van az asztalon? Also the same singular form. But if you don’t say numeral, you need to pluralize the noun. In the next example the noun is the subject, therefore the verb has to be plural too. Levelek vannak az asztalon. |
| Simone: “There are letters on the table.” |
| Csaba: Levelek vannak az asztalon. |
| Simone: All right, so the point we’re making here is that if there is some sort of quantifier before the noun, you don’t pluralize it. |
| Csaba: Right. And now we’ll take a look at a couple pf irregular plurals. There is a group of irregular nouns, in which the last long vowels is shortened when the plural ending is attached. Just like levél – levelek. 2X |
| Simone: “letter” – “letters” |
| Csaba: We also had another example in the dialogue. pohár – poharak. 2X |
| Simone: “glass” – “glasses” Unfortunately noun irregularity is not something you can anticipate. Am I right? |
| Csaba: Hence the name “irregularity.” Check the dictionary when learning a new noun. One thing that helps to know is that irregular plurals often mean irregular accusatives as well. |
| Simone: Small consolation. |
| Csaba: One of these irregular plural – irregular accusative nouns are the ones that lose the last vowel. Just like bokor – bokrok 2X |
| Simone: “bush” – “bushes” |
| Csaba: Or a more common noun |
| Simone: “thing” – “things” |
| Csaba: One more thing to mention about plurality is that the demonstratives and the question words are also pluralized. Mik azok a levelek? |
| Simone: “What are those letters?” |
| Csaba: Mik azok a levelek? Mik and azok. Both pluralized. |
| Simone: All right. That does it for this lesson. For more examples, check out the PDF guide. |
| Csaba: Until next time |
| Simone: bye! |
Outro |
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