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| INTRODUCTION |
| Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HungarianPod101.com. This is Upper Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 18 - What Kind Of Weather Can You Expect Today in Hungary?Eric here. |
| Lena: Hello. I'm Lena. |
| Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn some specific vocabulary for understanding the weather forecast in Hungarian. The conversation takes place at a news station. |
| Lena: The speaker is a meteorologist on the news. |
| Eric: Therefore, the speaker will use formal Hungarian. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Híradó: Ma estig erősen felhős, borult, helyenként tartósan párás időjárásra számíthatunk. |
| : Hétfőn kisebb eső már csak elszórtan alakul ki. Reggel 10, délután 17 fok körül alakul a hőmérséklet. |
| : A minimumhőmérséklet 9, 14 fok, a maximum hőmérséklet 20 és 23 fok között várható. |
| : Hétfő estére az északnyugati szél többfelé megélénkül, a Dunántúlon viharos erejű széllökésekre számíthatunk. |
| : Kedden erős marad a szél és folytatódik a hidegfronti hatás. |
| : A csúcshőmérséklet Szegeden 16, Debrecenben 18, Budapesten 14 fok körül várható. |
| : Késő estére 10-12 fok közé hűl le a levegő, az északi szél a Tiszántúlon megélénkül. |
| : Csütörtöktől szárazabb és enyhültebb levegő érkezhet, a hétvégén országszerte derült, napos idő várható. |
| Eric: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| News: By evening today, cloudy, overcast, and in places, constant humid weather is expected. |
| : On Monday, only some areas with rain. The temperature in the morning is expected to be 10 degrees—during the afternoon, 17 degrees. |
| : The minimum temperature is expected to be between 9 and 14, with a maximum between 20 and 23 degrees. |
| : Until Monday evening, the northwest wind will be stronger in some areas. We expect a storm-wind in the western part of the country. |
| : On Tuesday, the wind will remain strong, the effect of the cold front will persist. |
| : The maximum temperature is expected to be 16 degrees in Szeged, 18 degrees in Debrecen, and 14 degrees in Budapest. |
| : Late in the evening, the air will cool down to 10-12 degrees. The northerly wind will become stronger in the east part of the country. |
| : On Thursday, a drier and milder air will arrive. This weekend sunny, clear weather is expected all over the country. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Eric: Lena, as far as I know, there are 7 main geographical areas in Hungary. |
| Lena: Right. We call them tájegység in Hungarian. |
| Eric: Which one is the biggest? |
| Lena: The biggest one is called Alföld and is situated in the lowland of South-East Hungary. The second biggest is Dunántúli-dombság which is situated on the west side of the Danube or Duna and in the south of Lake Balaton. |
| Eric: And the third one? |
| Lena: The third one is Északi-középhegység in the northeast. Then comes Dunántúli-középhegység in the northwest. |
| Eric: Which area is closest to Austria? |
| Lena: The closest to Austria are the Alpokalja and Kisalföld areas. |
| Eric: Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is.. |
| Lena: borult [natural native speed] |
| Eric: overcast |
| Lena: borult [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: borult [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: párás [natural native speed] |
| Eric: humid, steamy |
| Lena: párás [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: párás [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: széllökés [natural native speed] |
| Eric: blast of wind |
| Lena: széllökés [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: széllökés [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: elszórtan [natural native speed] |
| Eric: in some areas |
| Lena: elszórtan [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: elszórtan [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: megélénkül [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to become stronger |
| Lena: megélénkül [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: megélénkül [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: hidegfront [natural native speed] |
| Eric: cold front |
| Lena: hidegfront [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: hidegfront [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: csúcshőmérséklet [natural native speed] |
| Eric: maximum temperature |
| Lena: csúcshőmérséklet [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: csúcshőmérséklet [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have. |
| Lena: lehűl [natural native speed] |
| Eric: to cool down |
| Lena: lehűl [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: lehűl [natural native speed] |
| Eric: Next we have.. |
| Lena: enyhült [natural native speed] |
| Eric: mild |
| Lena: enyhült [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: enyhült [natural native speed] |
| Eric: And last.. |
| Lena: derült [natural native speed] |
| Eric: clear |
| Lena: derült [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Lena: derült [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Eric: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Lena: hidegfronti hatás |
| Eric: Which means “cold front effect” |
| Lena: Hidegfront literally means a “cold front” and hatás means “effect”. You can also use the noun fronthatás to say “front effect”, in other words, the effect of a weather front on people like a headache or muscle pain. |
| Eric: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Lena: Sure. For example, you can say...Kedden hidegfronti hatást fogunk érezni. |
| Eric: which means “We are going to feel a cold front effect on Tuesday.” Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Lena: lehűl a levegő |
| Eric: This means “the air cools down” |
| Lena: The noun levegő means “air”. The verb lehűl means “to cool down”. Lehűl is an intransitive verb. The transitive pair of this verb is lehűt. |
| Eric: Can we use this verb with other nouns? |
| Lena: Sure, you can say, for example.. A hűtő lehűti az ételeket. |
| Eric: This means “The fridge cools down the food.” |
| Lena: Or you can rephrase it and say.. Az ételek lehűlnek a hűtőben. |
| Eric: “The food cools down in the fridge.” Lena, can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Lena: You can say...Vigyél magaddal kabátot, estére lehűl a levegő. |
| Eric:which means “Take your coat, the air cools down in the evening.” Okay, what's the last phrase? |
| Lena: várható csúcshőmérséklet |
| Eric: “the maximum expected temperature” |
| Lena: The noun csúcshőmérséklet is composed of csúcs which means “summit,” or “peak” and hőmérséklet means “temperature”. Várható comes from the conditional participle form of vár which means “to wait, to expect”. Literally, it means “...that one can expect”. |
| Eric: Can you give us an example using our phrase? |
| Lena: A várható csúcshőmérséklet nem haladja meg a 10 fokot. |
| Eric: .. which means “The maximum expected temperature will not be over 10 degrees.” Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| Eric: In every language, weather forecasts have their own specific expressions. Sometimes it can be hard to understand what the weather will be like tomorrow. The focus of this lesson is to provide you with enough vocabulary to follow a weather forecast on TV. |
| Lena: Let’s go over some useful words and phrases you might hear in a weather forecast! Please note that the verbs are usually in the present tense or potential form. |
| Eric: Ok, Lena what’s the first word? |
| Lena: mér |
| Eric: this means “to measure” |
| Lena: For example..Ma reggel 13 fokot mértek Budapesten. |
| Eric: “The temperature measured this morning was 13 degrees in Budapest.” |
| Lena: Another example is...A maximum hőmérsékletet Győrben mérték. |
| Eric: In English, it means “The maximum temperature was recorded in Győr.” Ok! What’s the next word? |
| Lena: jellemez |
| Eric: “To be characterized by”. Some sample sentences, please. |
| Lena: Magas hőmérséklet jellemzi az északi térséget. |
| Eric: “The northern region is characterized by high temperature.” |
| Lena: Magyarország időjárását sok csapadék jellemzi egész héten. |
| Eric: “Hungary’s weather is characterized by rain this week.” Great! The next word is... |
| Lena: kilátás van |
| Eric: “to be expected” |
| Lena: Szeles időre van kilátás. |
| Eric: “Windy weather is expected.” |
| Lena: Napsütéses időre van kilátás. |
| Eric: “Sunny weather is expected.” |
| Lena: The next useful word is...meghalad, which means “to exceed”. |
| Eric: Lena, how would you say “The maximum temperature might exceed 25 degrees.” in Hungarian? |
| Lena: A csúcshőmérséklet meghaladhatja a 25 fokot. |
| Eric: And what about “During noontime, the temperature will exceed 30 degrees.”? |
| Lena: In Hungarian it would be A déli órákban a hőmérséklet meghaladja a 30 fokot. |
| Eric: Ok, and what's the next word? |
| Lena: kialakul |
| Eric: “to be formed” |
| Lena: For example, you can often hear...Kisebb csapadék is kialakulhat. |
| Eric: “Small rain may be formed.” |
| Lena: Délután zápor, zivatar is kialakulhat. |
| Eric: “In the afternoon, heavy rain may be formed.” And the last useful word for this lesson is.. |
| Lena: kisüt |
| Eric: This means “to begin to shine” |
| Lena: In the news you can often come across the following sentence...Késő délutánra országszerte több órára kisüt a nap. |
| Eric: “By late afternoon, the sun will begin to shine all over the country.” |
| Lena: Or, here is another example...A déli órákban kisüt a nap, csapadékra nem kell számítani. |
| Eric: “Around noon, the sun will begin to shine. We don’t expect rain.” Listeners, we have more useful words and expressions in the lesson notes, so please be sure to check them out! |
Outro |
| Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening, everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Lena: Viszontlátásra! |
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