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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘What are you doing?’ in Hungarian.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Hungarian.
Lena: [Normal] Mit csinálsz?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'what'.
Lena: [Normal] mit [Slow] mit
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are doing'.
Lena: [Normal] csinálsz [Slow] csinálsz
Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?'.
Lena: [Slow] Mit csinálsz? [Normal] Mit csinálsz?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?'.
Lena: [Normal] Mit csinál?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'what'.
Lena: [Normal] mit [Slow] mit
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'You are doing'(formal).
Lena: [Normal] csinál [Slow] csinál
Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?'.
Lena: [Slow] Mit csinál? [Normal] Mit csinál?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.'.
Lena: [Normal] Tanulok.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'I am studying'.
Lena: [Normal] tanulok [Slow] tanulok
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.'.
Lena: [Slow] Tanulok. [Normal] Tanulok.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.'.
Lena: [Normal] Semmi különöset nem csinálok.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'nothing'.
Lena: [Normal] semmi [Slow] semmi
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'extraordinary'.
Lena: [Normal] különöset [Slow] különöset
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'not'.
Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm doing'.
Lena: [Normal] csinálok [Slow] csinálok
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I'm doing nothing special.'.
Lena: [Slow] Semmi különöset nem csinálok. [Normal] Semmi különöset nem csinálok.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Lena: This is a really common question when you talk to a friend on the phone or if you bump into a friend on the street. When someone you don't know acts suspiciously next to you and you want to find out what he or she is doing, ask the question in the formal way, then you won't sound rude.

Outro

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!

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