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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Hungarian.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Hello. (when answering the phone)' in Hungarian.
Lena: [Normal] Halló.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello'.
Lena: [Normal] halló [Slow] halló
Eric: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'Hello. (answering the phone)'.
Lena: [Slow] Halló. [Normal] Halló.
Eric: Ok, now let's see the informal way to say 'This is Lena.'.
Lena: [Normal] Léna vagyok.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Lena'.
Lena: [Normal] Léna [Slow] Léna
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I am'.
Lena: [Normal] vagyok [Slow] vagyok
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'This is Lena.'.
Lena: [Slow] Léna vagyok. [Normal] Léna vagyok.
Eric: Next up is the informal way to say 'May I talk to Gergo?'.
Lena: [Normal] Beszélhetnék Gergővel?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'may I talk '.
Lena: [Normal] beszélhetnék [Slow] beszélhetnék
Eric: Last is the word literally meaning 'with Gergo'.
Lena: [Normal] Gergővel [Slow] Gergővel
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'May I talk to Gergo?'.
Lena: [Slow] Beszélhetnék Gergővel? [Normal] Beszélhetnék Gergővel?
Eric: Finally, here is a way to say 'I'll call again later.'.
Lena: [Normal] Később visszahívom.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'later'.
Lena: [Normal] később [Slow] később
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I call back'.
Lena: [Normal] visszahívom [Slow] visszahívom
Eric: Listen again to the sentence meaning 'I'll call again later.'.
Lena: [Slow] Később visszahívom. [Normal] Később visszahívom.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Lena: Regarding the word Halló - what we say on the phone first - there is a story about how it was created. Hall means “to hear” in Hungarian and according to the story ó is linked to ő which means “he” or “she.” So if you put these words together, it can mean something like “Does he or she hear us?” It’s kind of like asking if your voice can be heard or not!

Outro
Eric: And that’s all for this lesson and this series. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next series!
Lena: Sziasztok!

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