Learn how to say "not" and "don't have"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 19 - Going Without. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make essential negative statements in Hungarian. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the way to say 'I don't have a pen.' in Hungarian. |
| Lena: [Normal] Nincs tollam. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'there's no'. |
| Lena: [Normal] nincs [Slow] nincs |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'my pen'. |
| Lena: [Normal] tollam [Slow] tollam |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I don't have a pen.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Nincs tollam. [Normal] Nincs tollam. |
| Eric: Ok, now let's see the way to say 'I don't have time.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Nincs időm. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'there's no'. |
| Lena: [Normal] nincs [Slow] nincs |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'my time'. |
| Lena: [Normal] időm [Slow] időm |
| Eric: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I don't have time.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Nincs időm. [Normal] Nincs időm. |
| Eric: Next up is the way to say 'I don't know.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Nem tudom. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'. |
| Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I know'. |
| Lena: [Normal] tudom [Slow] tudom |
| Eric: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I don't know.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Nem tudom. [Normal] Nem tudom. |
| Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I don't understand.'. |
| Lena: [Normal] Nem értem. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'. |
| Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I understand'. |
| Lena: [Normal] értem [Slow] értem |
| Eric: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I don't understand.'. |
| Lena: [Slow] Nem értem. [Normal] Nem értem. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Lena: When making negative statements, the words nem and nincs are very useful. Nem means "no” or “not" and you can use it just as it is or before a verb as we had in the examples. Nincs means "I don't have” or “there isn’t" and can be used before the object of the sentence, or you can just simply answer nincs meaning "I don't have” or “there isn’t" if someone asks for something you don’t have. |
Outro |
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| 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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