Lesson 2 – Buying a ticket




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Summary: Lesson 2 is available here! It is a bit longer than the first lesson with A LOT of new vocabulary and grammar, so make sure you listen several times, follow along with the script below, and try to memorize as much as you can. Thanks for all your comments on the first lesson, we really appreciate your feedback! We always welcome your questions and opinions, so feel free to leave a comment below. And thanks for listening! Theme music: Curtis Maranda, "Crystal Night." Please check out more of his music by going to http://www.curtismaranda.com/ Thanks to Curtis for providing us with the music for this podcast. Download Lesson 2 here (MP3 audio, 21:40)   Dialogue for Lesson 2 (in formal speech): Ticket vendor: Jó napot. Tourist: Egy metrójegyet kérek. Ticket vendor: Vonaljegyet vagy átszállójegyet? Tourist: Ööööööö, nem értem. Ticket vendor: Ajaj! Hová megy? Tourist: A Deák térre megyek. Ticket vendor: Jó. Tessék egy vonaljegy. 270 forint lesz. Tourist: Köszönöm szépen. Dialogue for Lesson 2 (English translation): Ticket vendor: Hello. Tourist: I'd like a subway ticket. Ticket vendor: (Would you like) a line ticket or a transfer ticket? Tourist: Uhhhh, I don't understand. Ticket vendor: Uh-oh. Where are you going? Tourist: I'm going to Deák Square. Ticket vendor: All right. Here's a line ticket. That'll be 270 forint. Tourist: Thank you very much! Vocabulary for Lesson 2: angol - English Angol? - Are you English? (formal) Angol vagy? - Are you English? (informal) kanadai - Canadian Kanadai? - Are you Canadian? (formal) Kanadai vagy? - Are you Canadian? (informal) francia - French Francia? - Are you French? (formal) Francia vagy? - Are you French? (informal) egy - one, a (the indefinite article) kettő - two három - three négy - four öt - five metrójegy - subway ticket metró - subway jegy - ticket kérek - I would like... vonaljegy - line ticket (for use on Budapest's public transportation) vagy - or átszállójegy - transfer ticket (to transfer on public transportation lines in Budapest) Nem értem - I don't understand. Ajaj! - Uh-oh! Hová megy? - Where are you going? (formal) a - the (definite article) Deák tér - Deák Square (central square in Budapest) tér - square, plaza megyek - I'm going (somewhere) Tessék egy... - Here's a... (something) kettőszázhetven - two hundred-seventy forint - name of the Hungarian currency lesz - will be