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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking Directions. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Hungarian.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to ask 'Where is the station?' in Hungarian.
Lena: [Normal] Hol van az állomás?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'where'.
Lena: [Normal] hol [Slow] hol
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'is'.
Lena: [Normal] van [Slow] van
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'the'.
Lena: [Normal] az [Slow] az
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'station'.
Lena: [Normal] állomás [Slow] állomás
Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Where is the station?'.
Lena: [Slow] Hol van az állomás? [Normal] Hol van az állomás?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to answer, 'Go straight.'.
Lena: [Normal] Menjen egyenesen.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'go'.
Lena: [Normal] menjen [Slow] menjen
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'straight'.
Lena: [Normal] egyenesen [Slow] egyenesen
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'Go straight.'.
Lena: [Slow] Menjen egyenesen. [Normal] Menjen egyenesen.
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'Turn right.'.
Lena: [Normal] Forduljon jobbra.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'turn'.
Lena: [Normal] forduljon [Slow] forduljon
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to the right'.
Lena: [Normal] jobbra [Slow] jobbra
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Turn right.'.
Lena: [Slow] Forduljon jobbra. [Normal] Forduljon jobbra.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Turn left.'.
Lena: [Normal] Forduljon balra.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'turn'.
Lena: [Normal] forduljon [Slow] forduljon
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to the left'.
Lena: [Normal] balra [Slow] balra
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Turn left.'.
Lena: [Slow] Forduljon balra. [Normal] Forduljon balra.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Lena: These sentences are important to remember when we ask for directions and the person we're talking to can only explain in Hungarian. Hungarian people use hand gestures a lot too, so don't be surprised if they start to point at directions while they are explaining the route. They might gesture pretty fast, so it's better trying to listen to what they are saying as well.

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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