Lesson 5 – I’d like a mineral water




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Summary: Lesson 5 shows us a conversation between Ági, a customer, and a waiter. Ági just wants a drink, but has a hard time getting one! Please see below for the dialogue and vocabulary for Lesson 5 below. Try your best to learn all of the new expressions, and see if you can memorize the dialogue too! This lesson's music was brought to you courtesy of Budapest-based Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, "Slow Walk Home." Find out more about this excellent band by going to http://www.mookiebrando.com/ Thanks for listening! And feel free to leave a comment or a question below. We welcome your feedback! Download Lesson 5 here (MP3 audio, 26:48)   Dialogue for Lesson 5 (formal speech): Ági: Legyen szíves! Pincér: Parancsoljon. Ági: Kérek szépen egy sört. Pincér: Elnézést, nincsen sör. Ági: Nincs sör? Akkor kérek egy kólát. Pincér: Sajnos, nincs kóla. Ági: Akkor mi van? Pincér: Ásványví­z van. Ági: Jó. Kérek szépen egy ásványvizet. Pincér: Tessék. Ezer forint lesz. Ági: Ezer forint??!?!?!? Dialogue for Lesson 5 (English translation): Ági: Excuse me! Waiter: At your service. Ági: I'd like a beer, please. Waiter: Sorry, we don't have beer. Ági: No beer? Then I'll have a cola. Waiter: Unfortunately, we don't have cola. Ági: Then what do you have? Waiter: We have mineral water. Ági: Fine. I'd like a mineral water, please. Waiter: Here you are. That'll be 1,000 forint. Ági: 1,000 forint??!?!?!? Vocabulary for Lesson 5: Erzsébet - Elizabeth is - also, too belga - Belgian Belga vagyok. - I'm Belgian. hat - six hét - seven nyolc - eight kilenc - nine tíz - ten legyen szíves (formal) - please parancsoljon - at your service Kérek szépen... - I'd like... sör - beer elnézést - excuse me, I'm sorry nincs (nincsen) - we don't have, there is no kóla - cola, soda pop, Coke sajnos - unfortunately Mi van? - What do you have? ásványvíz - mineral water ví­z - water ezer - one thousand Grammar for Lesson 5: 1. there is/there isn't There is (something). --> (Something) van. Ex. Ásványvíz van. We have mineral water. There isn't (something). --> Nincs (something). Ex. Nincs sör. We don't have beer. 2. Direct object ending -the direct object takes a "-t" ending: kóla --> kólát sör --> sört Kérek szépen egy kólát. I'd like a cola, please.