Learn to ask, "How are you?"
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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 |
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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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