INTRODUCTION |
Simone:Hi everyone, welcome to HungarianPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner, season 2, lesson 20, Don’t Try to Feed a Hungarian Peanut Butter! I’m Simone. |
Csaba:Sziasztok, I’m Csaba. |
Simone:In this lesson we’re going to learn to compare things using adjectives. |
Csaba:The conversation takes place in a car. |
Simone:It’s between Anne and Balázs. |
Csaba:And they use the informal language. |
Simone:Let’s listen to the conversation. |
POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
Simone:I sense some personal involvement in this whole peanut butter thing. |
Csaba:Really?? You’re right, actually. It is very far from Hungarian taste. When my English teacher made my class try it, we had run to the bathroom to throw it up. |
Simone:Eww, what? |
Csaba:I’m serious. And it wasn’t just me, but a considerable percentage of my class. |
Simone:Do you think it’s that bad? |
Csaba:Well, my problem was that I expected something sweet and I didn’t believe that the word “butter” means actual butter. Neither did the rest of the class. |
Simone:(laughs). |
Csaba:Imagine that you are expecting something sweet and chocolatey but then peanut butter hits your tongue for the first time in your life. |
Simone:I can almost see it. |
Csaba:The teacher never expected such a reaction. |
Simone:(laughs) All right, let’s go to vocab. |
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
Simone:Let’s start the key vocab section. |
Csaba:Ne dicsekedj is the first item on the list. It means “stop bragging.” Dicsekedj is the imperative from of “brag,” or dicsekedik. |
Simone:All right, that sounds easy enough. Is it formal or informal? |
Csaba:Of course it is informal. When do you ever tell your boss not to brag? |
Simone:Good point. Let’s move on. |
Csaba:Tuti is a slang-ish word which means “surely” or “for sure.” |
Simone:Can you use it in a sentence? |
Csaba:Tuti megyek este. |
Simone:“I am going tonight, for sure.” |
Csaba:Tuti megyek este. |
Simone:Let’s hear one more, which is “it will be good for sure.” |
Csaba:Tuti jó lesz. |
Simone:“It’ll be good for sure.” |
Csaba:Tuti jó lesz. |
Simone:The next word is going to be “except for.” |
Csaba:Kivéve. Kivéve. |
Simone:Let’s use it in a sentence. “I like all beverages but coke.” |
Csaba:A kólát kivéve minden üdítőt szeretek. |
Simone:Uh, that’s a long one. |
Csaba:We have learned all the words before, though. A kólát kivéve minden üdítőt szeretek. |
Simone:All right. Let’s go to grammar now. |
GRAMMAR POINT |
Simone:In this lesson we’re going to cover comparative and superlative adjectives. |
Csaba:Right. First, we will learn to attach the comparative ending. Basically you grab an adjective that ends in a vowel and add -bb. |
Simone:Let’s see one. |
Csaba:Olcsó. |
Simone:“Cheaper.” |
Csaba:Olcsóbb. |
Simone:“Cheaper.” Use it in a sentence. |
Csaba:Az én telefonom olcsóbb. |
Simone:“My phone is cheaper.” |
Csaba: Az én telefonom olcsóbb. |
Simone:What if the adjective doesn’t end in a vowel? |
Csaba:Than you add -ebb or -abb, depending on the vowel setup. |
Simone:Let’s hear an example. |
Csaba:Öreg. |
Simone:“Old.” |
Csaba:Öregebb. |
Simone:“Older.” Let’s hear another one, which gets the -abb ending. |
Csaba:Magas. |
Simone:“Tall.” |
Csaba:Magasabb. |
Simone:“Taller.” |
Csaba:The usual vowel harmony rules apply here. You can go check out our lesson notes for more examples, but now we turn to superlatives. |
Simone:All right, how do you say: “the oldest?” |
Csaba:A legöregebb. You need the definite article, just like in English, and a prefix to the adjective, leg-. The adjective already had the comparative ending. |
Simone:Let’s pick another adjective now. |
Csaba:All right. Gyors. |
Simone:“Fast.” |
Csaba:Gyorsabb. |
Simone:“Faster.” |
Csaba:A leggyorsabb. |
Simone:“The fastest.” |
Csaba:Finally, we have to warn of two exceptions that in turn are very important. |
Simone:The first one is “big.” |
Csaba:Nagy. |
Simone:“Bigger.” |
Csaba:Nagyobb. This one gets -obb as an ending. |
Simone:Well, why not? |
Csaba:(laughs) And the other exception is kicsi. |
Simone:Which means “small.” |
Csaba:The comparative form of that one is kisebb. Now, when you want to compare two things, you very often use this formula: the comparative adjective plus the word mint or “than.” |
Simone:Let’s give them an example. |
Csaba:Péter magasabb, mint Tamás. |
Simone:“Peter is taller than Thomas.” |
Csaba:Péter magasabb, mint Tamás. |
Simone:Another one for the road. |
Csaba:A kutya nagyobb, mint a macska. |
Simone:“Dogs are bigger than cats.” |
Csaba:A kutya nagyobb, mint a macska. |
Outro
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Simone:All right, this should be enough for one day. |
Csaba:Check the lesson notes for more examples and the answers to last lesson’s quiz. See you next time everyone! |
Simone:Bye! |
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