Learn idioms to express being lucky or unlucky
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Idioms To Express Being Lucky or Unlucky |
| 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 3. In this lesson, you'll learn idioms to express being lucky or unlucky. |
| John: These expressions can be used when you feel lucky or unlucky, or you want to refer to another person with luck or no luck. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Lena: mákja van |
| Lena: mázlista |
| Lena: ezt dobta a gép |
| Lena: ez van, ezt kell szeretni |
| John: Lena, what's our first expression? |
| Lena: mákja van |
| John: literally meaning "he or she has poppy seeds." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to be lucky." |
| Lena: [SLOW] mákja van [NORMAL] mákja van |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: mákja van |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone has extreme luck. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Már megint mákja volt. [SLOW] Már megint mákja volt. |
| John: "He was lucky again." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Már megint mákja volt. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Lena: mázlista |
| John: literally meaning "lucky." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to be lucky." |
| Lena: [SLOW] mázlista [NORMAL] mázlista |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: mázlista |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that someone has extreme luck or is lucky most of the time. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Micsoda mázlista vagy! [SLOW] Micsoda mázlista vagy! |
| John: "How lucky you are!" |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Micsoda mázlista vagy! |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Lena: ezt dobta a gép |
| John: literally meaning "the machine threw this." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "this is the outcome, this is all I could manage." |
| Lena: [SLOW] ezt dobta a gép [NORMAL] ezt dobta a gép |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: ezt dobta a gép |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that you do not have any influence on this situation or the final, not very beneficial, outcome. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] - Már megint elhagyott a barátnőd? - Ezt dobta a gép. [SLOW] - Már megint elhagyott a barátnőd? - Ezt dobta a gép. |
| John: "- Has your girlfriend left you again? - That is life." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] - Már megint elhagyott a barátnőd? - Ezt dobta a gép. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Lena: ez van, ezt kell szeretni |
| John: literally meaning "this is it, it has to be loved." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "this is what we have, we have to take it." |
| Lena: [SLOW] ez van, ezt kell szeretni [NORMAL] ez van, ezt kell szeretni |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: ez van, ezt kell szeretni |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express there is no other choice. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] - Nem kapom meg az új biciklit? - Nem. Ez van, ezt kell szeretni. [SLOW] - Nem kapom meg az új biciklit? - Nem. Ez van, ezt kell szeretni. |
| John: "- Won't I get the new bike? - No. That's it." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] - Nem kapom meg az új biciklit? - Nem. Ez van, ezt kell szeretni. |
| 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: When someone is really really lucky almost all of the time. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: mázlista |
| John: "to be lucky" |
| John: Your friend won the lottery! |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: mákja van |
| John: "to be lucky" |
| John: There’s no other option, or other choice. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: ez van, ezt kell szeretni |
| John: "this is what we have, we have to take it" |
| John: You wanted to travel, but the flight got cancelled last minute. You say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: ezt dobta a gép |
| John: "this is the outcome, this is all I could manage" |
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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