Learn slang expressions related to an embarrassing situation
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Expressions Related to an Embarrassing Situation |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to HungarianPod101.com. I'm John. |
| Lena: And I'm Lena! |
| John: This is Must-Know Hungarian Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 15. In this lesson, you'll learn expressions related to an embarrassing situation. |
| John: Everyone can get into an embarrassing situation. These expressions can help you to explain and talk about such events. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Lena: ciki |
| Lena: égő |
| Lena: égés |
| Lena: leéget |
| John: Lena, what's our first expression? |
| Lena: ciki |
| John: It doesn’t have a literal meaning. But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "embarrassing." |
| Lena: [SLOW] ciki [NORMAL] ciki |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: ciki |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to something embarrassing. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Találkoztam a barátnőjével. Nagyon ciki volt. [SLOW] Találkoztam a barátnőjével. Nagyon ciki volt. |
| John: "I met his girlfriend. It was very embarrassing." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Találkoztam a barátnőjével. Nagyon ciki volt. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Lena: égő |
| John: literally meaning "burning." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "embarrassing." |
| Lena: [SLOW] égő [NORMAL] égő |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: égő |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to something embarrassing. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ne vedd fel ezt a sapkát. Nagyon égő. [SLOW] Ne vedd fel ezt a sapkát. Nagyon égő. |
| John: "Don't put this hat on. It is so embarrassing." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ne vedd fel ezt a sapkát. Nagyon égő. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Lena: égés |
| John: literally meaning "burning." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "embarrassing situation." |
| Lena: [SLOW] égés [NORMAL] égés |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: égés |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to an embarrassing situation. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ezt az égést! Nem működött a mikrofon. [SLOW] Ezt az égést! Nem működött a mikrofon. |
| John: "What an embarrassing situation! The microphone was not working." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ezt az égést! Nem működött a mikrofon. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Lena: leéget |
| John: literally meaning "to burn down." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to create an embarrassing situation." |
| Lena: [SLOW] leéget [NORMAL] leéget |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: leéget |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone is creating an embarrassing situation. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ezzel a viselkedéssel teljesen leégette magát előttem. [SLOW] Ezzel a viselkedéssel teljesen leégette magát előttem. |
| John: "Behaving like this, he put himself in a totally embarrassing situation in front of me." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ezzel a viselkedéssel teljesen leégette magát előttem. |
| QUIZ |
| John: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| John: Gosh, that was embarrassing... |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: égő |
| John: "embarrassing" |
| John: That photo is so embarrassing! |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: ciki |
| John: "embarrassing" |
| John: Your classmate just showed your friends the picture you painted but didn’t like at all… How embarrassing! |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: leéget |
| John: "to create an embarrassing situation" |
| John: I forgot to gas my car and had to call my dad to pick me up… I’m so embarrassed. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: égés |
| John: "embarrassing situation" |
Outro |
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| John: There you have it; you have mastered four Hungarian Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at HungarianPod101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Lena: Viszlát! |
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