Learn slang expressions related to school
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Expressions Related to School |
| 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 18. In this lesson, you'll learn expressions related to school. |
| John: Young people use a lot of slang and many of them are related to the topic of school. You can learn some of these in this lesson. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Lena: suli |
| Lena: házi |
| Lena: matek |
| Lena: magol |
| John: Lena, what's our first expression? |
| Lena: suli |
| John: literally meaning "school." And when it's used as a slang expression, it also means the same. |
| Lena: [SLOW] suli [NORMAL] suli |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: suli |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to a school. Either the building or the institution. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] A suliban felejtette a kabátját. [SLOW] A suliban felejtette a kabátját. |
| John: "He left his coat in the school." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] A suliban felejtette a kabátját. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Lena: házi |
| John: literally meaning "homemade." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "homework, or homemade pálinka, which is Hungarian brandy." |
| Lena: [SLOW] házi [NORMAL] házi |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: házi |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to homework, or to homemade pálinka, which is Hungarian brandy. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mehetek játszani? Ma nincs házim. [SLOW] Mehetek játszani? Ma nincs házim. |
| John: "Can I go play? There is no homework today." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Mehetek játszani? Ma nincs házim. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Lena: matek |
| John: literally meaning "math." And when it's used as a slang expression, it also means the same. |
| Lena: [SLOW] matek [NORMAL] matek |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: matek |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to refer to mathematics. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] A matek sose volt a kedvence. [SLOW] A matek sose volt a kedvence. |
| John: "Math has never been her favorite." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] A matek sose volt a kedvence. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Lena: magol |
| John: literally meaning "to book." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to learn word by word, to study by heart." |
| Lena: [SLOW] magol [NORMAL] magol |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: magol |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone studies something word by word by heart, not necessarily understanding the material. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Csak bemagoltam, de úgy érzem, semmit sem tudok. [SLOW] Csak bemagoltam, de úgy érzem, semmit sem tudok. |
| John: "I only learned it word by word, but I feel that I don't know anything." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Csak bemagoltam, de úgy érzem, semmit sem tudok. |
| 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: To refer to homework in a very casual way. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: házi |
| John: "homework, or homemade pálinka, which is Hungarian brandy" |
| John: When young people refer to school in their daily conversations, they’ll say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: suli |
| John: "school" |
| John: He doesn’t really understand much about chemistry, he just memorizes the text as it is. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: magol |
| John: "to learn word by word, to study by heart" |
| John: You want to tell your classmate that the next class is Math. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: matek |
| John: "math" |
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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