Lesson 4 – Everything hurts!




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Summary: Lesson 4 introduces you to Zoltán and his Aunt Erzsi, who insists she is fine even though everything seems to hurt! This is another informal language dialogue with a number of useful, everyday expressions. We enjoy reading your comments and finding out how you enjoy the podcast and why you're interested in learning Hungarian. Feel free to drop us a line on a post and let us know your thoughts. Thanks again to all those who've previously written. Our theme music is provided courtesy of Curtis Maranda. You can check out more of his music by going to http://www.curtismaranda.com/ Thanks again to Curtis for providing us with the music for our podcast. Download Lesson 4 here (MP3 audio, 18:41)   Dialogue for Lesson 4 (casual speech): Zoltán: Szia Erzsi néni. Hogy vagy? Jól vagy? Aunt Erzsi: Jól vagyok. Minden rendben van. Zoltán: Igen? Az jó. Aunt Erzsi: Igen. De mostanában fáj a lábam. És fáj a karom. Meg fáj a hátam is. Zoltán: Hmmmmmm. Szóval jól vagy. Aunt Erzsi: Igen, jól vagyok. Dialogue for Lesson 4 (English translation): Zoltán: Hi Auntie Erzsi. How are you? Are you well? Aunt Erzsi: I'm fine. Everything's all right. Zoltán: Oh, yeah? That's good. Aunt Erzsi: Yes, but nowadays my legs hurt. And my arms hurt. And my back hurts as well. Zoltán: Hmmmmm. So you're well. Aunt Erzsi: Yes, I'm fine. Vocabulary for Lesson 4: ausztrál - Australian olasz - Italian néni - an older woman, "Auntie" Jól vagy? - Are you well? Jól vagyok. - I'm fine. minden - everything rendben van/rendben - It's ok, It's all right. az - that Az jó. - That's fine, that's great. de - but mostanában - nowadays, these days fáj - hurt, something hurts Fáj a lábam. - My legs hurt. láb - leg(s) a lábam - my leg(s) Fáj a karom. - My arms hurt. kar - arm(s) a karom - my arm(s) meg - and, and so Fáj a hátam. - My back hurts. hát - back a hátam - my back is - also, as well szóval - in short, in one word Jól vagy. - You're well. some common Hungarian "pet names" szivem - my heart drágám - my dear édesem - my sweet kincsem - my treasure cicám - my kitty mókuskám - my squirrel macikám - my bear