Lesson 6 – What time is it?




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Summary: Lesson 6 presents some very useful phrases for the traveler to Hungary! Have a listen and try to memorize as much as possible. This lesson's dialogue isn't as long as in previous lessons, so it shouldn't be that hard to memorize it all. We also discuss some Easter traditions in Hungary, and present the winner of last lesson's challenge to continue the mineral water dialogue between the restaurant patron and her waiter. Our music is again provided by the very talented Budapest-based Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, who were kind enough to offer us their song "Angelina" for this podcast. Please see more of their work at http://www.mookiebrando.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/mookiebrando where there are several songs available for download! Thanks so much to Mookie and his kin for allowing us to use their music on the podcast. Thanks for listening to the podcast, and if you have any comments or questions, we'd love to hear from you. Feel free to leave a comment on this post or on any other one. Download Lesson 6 here (MP3 audio, 26:00)  Dialogue for Lesson 6 (formal speech): Woman: Elnézést, meg tudná mondani, hogy mennyi az idő? Tourist: Öööööö, bocsánat, beszél angolul? Én csak egy kicsit tudok magyarul. Woman: Ahhh, külföldi. Az idő. Mennyi az idő? Tourist: Idő? Idő... Ah, az idő! Most tíz óra van. Woman: Köszönöm szépen. Tourist: Nincs mit. Dialogue for Lesson 6 (English translation): Woman: Excuse me, would you tell me what time it is? Tourist: Uhhhhh, sorry. Do you speak English? I only know a little Hungarian. Woman: Ahhh, you're a foreigner. The time. What time is it? Tourist: Time? Time... Ah, the time! It's ten o'clock now. Woman: Thank you very much. Tourist: Not at all. Vocabulary for Lesson 6: két - two (of something) holland - Dutch Holland vagyok. - I'm Dutch. már - already Most már mindent értek. - I understand now. Meg tudná mondani, hogy... - Would you tell me... mennyi - how much, how many idő - time Mennyi az idő? - What time is it? bocsánat - sorry beszél - you speak (formal) angolul - in English Beszél angolul? - Do you speak English? (formal) Beszélsz angolul? - Do you speak English? (informal) én - I csak - only, just egy kicsit - a little, a little bit tudok - I know magyarul - in Hungarian Tudok magyarul. - I know Hungarian. külföldi - foreigner óra - o'clock, clock Tíz óra van. - It's ten o'clock. Nincs mit. - Not at all. Easter - Húsvét