Learn casual greetings among young people
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Greetings Among Young People |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HungarianPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Lena: And I'm Lena! |
| John: This is Must-Know Hungarian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 1. In this lesson, you'll learn greetings used among young people. |
| John: You can hear these greetings mostly among young people or very close friends. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Lena: hali |
| Lena: csá |
| Lena: Mi a pálya? |
| Lena: Mizu? |
| John: Lena, what's our first expression? |
| Lena: hali |
| John: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "hello." |
| Lena: [SLOW] hali [NORMAL] hali |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: hali |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to greet a good friend. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Hali! Mi a helyzet? [SLOW] Hali! Mi a helyzet? |
| John: "Hey, what's up?" |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Hali! Mi a helyzet? |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Lena: csá |
| John: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "hello or bye." |
| Lena: [SLOW] csá [NORMAL] csá |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: csá |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to greet a good friend, but it is also used when saying good-bye. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Csá! Léptem. [SLOW] Csá! Léptem. |
| John: "Bye, I am gone." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Csá! Léptem. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Lena: Mi a pálya? |
| John: literally meaning "What is on the field?" But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "What's up?" |
| Lena: [SLOW] Mi a pálya? [NORMAL] Mi a pálya? |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: Mi a pálya? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to inquire about what has been going on or what has happened. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mi a pálya otthon? [SLOW] Mi a pálya otthon? |
| John: "What is going on at home?" |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mi a pálya otthon? |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Lena: Mizu? |
| John: literally meaning "What is new?" But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "What's up?" |
| Lena: [SLOW] Mizu? [NORMAL] Mizu? |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: Mizu? |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to inquire about what has been going on or what has happened. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mizu veletek? [SLOW] Mizu veletek? |
| John: "What is going on with you?" |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mizu veletek? |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: You can use this word when you’re coming and going. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: csá |
| John: "hello or bye" |
| John: You’ve just met up with your friend, and you greet him or her. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: hali |
| John: "hello" |
| John: You encounter an old friend from your school days. You ask him or her: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: Mizu? |
| John: "What's up?" |
| John: You want to know what’s new with your friend. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: Mi a pálya? |
| John: "What's up?" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you have mastered four Hungarian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at HungarianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Lena: Viszlát! |
Comments
HideHi Listeners! Do you know any other related slang expression? Post them in the comments.
Hello Marti!
Actually they both mean szia/hi or another form of greeting, however people use cső or csőváz more for saying goodbye than greeting someone when they meet. And the original meaning of the word csőváz is a pipe or barrel-frame. (For example, the ones used on bikes.)
Hope this help! 😇
Szevasz,
Vivien
Team HungarianPod101.com
Ezek a dalszövegből származnak:
És én azt mondom, csőváz,
És te azt mondod, szevasz
De nem tudom, hogy vagy szia vagy szia, mindkettő, vagy talán egyik sem jelent igazán semmit .
[Rotfront - "csőváz" (full lyrics in comments)]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieX2_0Xuqlc