Learn idioms using the word "brain"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Idioms Using the Word "Brain" |
| 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 4. In this lesson, you'll learn idioms using the word "brain". |
| John: You can use the word |
| Lena: agy |
| John: ...meaning "brain" to express many different situations. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| John: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Lena: az agyára megy |
| Lena: eldobja az agyát |
| Lena: agyal |
| Lena: agyrém |
| John: Lena, what's our first expression? |
| Lena: az agyára megy |
| John: literally meaning "to go onto someone's brain." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to drive someone crazy." |
| Lena: [SLOW] az agyára megy [NORMAL] az agyára megy |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: az agyára megy |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that something or someone is driving you crazy. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Hagyjál, az agyamra mész. [SLOW] Hagyjál, az agyamra mész. |
| John: "Leave me alone, you are driving me crazy." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Hagyjál, az agyamra mész. |
| John: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Lena: eldobja az agyát |
| John: literally meaning "to throw his or her brain away." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "cannot believe." |
| Lena: [SLOW] eldobja az agyát [NORMAL] eldobja az agyát |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: eldobja az agyát |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that you cannot believe something, or that something is unbelievable or very unusual. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ettől eldobom az agyam. [SLOW] Ettől eldobom az agyam. |
| John: "I cannot believe this happened." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Ettől eldobom az agyam. |
| John: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Lena: agyal |
| John: literally meaning "to brain." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to try to figure something out, to think about something." |
| Lena: [SLOW] agyal [NORMAL] agyal |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: agyal |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that a lot of energy and time has been spent on figuring out something. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Egész nap ezen agyalt. [SLOW] Egész nap ezen agyalt. |
| John: "He has been thinking about this all day." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Egész nap ezen agyalt. |
| John: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Lena: agyrém |
| John: literally meaning "brain-fright." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "something terrible." |
| Lena: [SLOW] agyrém [NORMAL] agyrém |
| John: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Lena: agyrém |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| John: Use this slang expression when you want to express that you think something is terrible. |
| John: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Agyrém volt ahogy viselkedett. [SLOW] Agyrém volt ahogy viselkedett. |
| John: "His behavior was a nightmare." |
| Lena: [NORMAL] Agyrém volt ahogy viselkedett. |
| 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: You want to express in Hungarian that you absolutely can’t believe something. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: eldobja az agyát |
| John: "cannot believe" |
| John: When someone is driving you nuts, you say: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: az agyára megy |
| John: "to drive someone crazy" |
| John: There was a big line in front of the new store, but the owners postpone the grand opening and the crowd gets furious. You say that the situation was: |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: agyrém |
| John: "something terrible" |
| John: He’s spent hours to solve this math problem. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Lena: agyal |
| John: "to try to figure something out, to think about something" |
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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