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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Hungarian Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Hungarian.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Hungarian.
Lena: [Normal] Hány éves vagy?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'how many'.
Lena: [Normal] hány [Slow] hány
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'years old'.
Lena: [Normal] éves [Slow] éves
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 old are you?'.
Lena: [Slow] Hány éves vagy? [Normal] Hány éves vagy?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How old are you?'.
Lena: [Normal] Ön hány éves?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'You (formal)'.
Lena: [Normal] ön [Slow] ön
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'how many'.
Lena: [Normal] hány [Slow] hány
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'years old'.
Lena: [Normal] éves [Slow] éves
Eric: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How old are you?'.
Lena: [Slow] Ön hány éves? [Normal] Ön hány éves?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am 17.'.
Lena: [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok.
Eric: First is a word meaning '17'.
Lena: [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) [Slow] 17 (tizenhét)
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I am'.
Lena: [Normal] vagyok [Slow] vagyok
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am 17.'.
Lena: [Slow] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok. [Normal] 17 (tizenhét) vagyok.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.'.
Lena: [Normal] Nem szeretném elárulni.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'not'
Lena: [Normal] nem [Slow] nem
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I would like to'.
Lena: [Normal] szeretném [Slow] szeretném
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'to disclose'.
Lena: [Normal] elárulni [Slow] elárulni
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I prefer not to say.'.
Lena: [Slow] Nem szeretném elárulni. [Normal] Nem szeretném elárulni.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Lena: In Hungary, like other countries, women don't really like to disclose their age, and some women even find it rude if you ask them about their age. So be careful!

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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