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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Hungarian.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Hungarian.
Lena: [Normal] Hogy vagy?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'how'.
Lena: [Normal] hogy [Slow] hogy
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are'.
Lena: [Normal] vagy [Slow] vagy
Eric: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?'.
Lena: [Slow] Hogy vagy? [Normal] Hogy vagy?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?'.
Lena: [Normal] Hogy van?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'how'.
Lena: [Normal] hogy [Slow] hogy
Eric: Last is the word meaning ‘you are’ polite.
Lena: [Normal] van [Slow] van
Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?'.
Lena: [Slow] Hogy van? [Normal] Hogy van?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.'.
Lena: [Normal] Köszönöm, jól.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'thank you'.
Lena: [Normal] köszönöm [Slow] köszönöm
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'fine'.
Lena: [Normal] jól [Slow] jól
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I'm fine. Thank you.'.
Lena: [Slow] Köszönöm, jól. [Normal] Köszönöm, jól.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.'.
Lena: [Normal] Nem túl jól.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'.
Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'so'.
Lena: [Normal] túl [Slow] túl
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'well'.
Lena: [Normal] jól [Slow] jól
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.'.
Lena: [Slow] Nem túl jól. [Normal] Nem túl jól.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Lena: In Hungary, asking the question ‘how are you?’ right after greeting someone is pretty common. I think Hungarians like to talk about what is going on with them, especially elderly ladies, so it can be a great conversation starter. Hungarians are pretty open and even talk about their negative experiences, or about why they don't feel very well at the moment.

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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