A day of posting missed but not practicing

Bocsánat. I apologize for not posting yesterday. Long story short I ended up in the Emergency room. I didn't have a chance to study while I was in there but did hit it hard when I have free time later that evening. That being said, by the time I was done studying, posting completely slipped my mind.


I did do a big review today also and slowly the endings mentioned in an earlier post are starting to make sense. I am going to keep it short tonight but thank you for reading.

Possesive Endings

I am continuing to use Memrise as part of my learning process. I have just hit rough spot: Possessive Endings.


-m / -d / -ja, = my / your / his, her (possessive suffixes when nouns end in vowels)

-m / -d / -je = my / your / his, her (possessive suffixes when nouns end in front vowels)

-om / -od / -a = my / your / his, her (possessive suffixes for back vowel nouns ending in consonants)

-em / -ed / -e = my / your / his, her (possessive suffixes for nouns ending in e, é, i, í, á + consonants)

öm / -öd / -e = my / your / his, her (possessive suffixes for long front vowel nouns ending in consonants)

I helps to have some idea of what front and back vowels are (17 total):

a, á, i, í, o, ó, u, ú = 8 back vowels

e, é, ó, ő, ú, ű = 6 front vowels

e, o, u = 3 short front vowels

gyakorlat, gyakorlat, gyakorlat (practice, practice, practice)...

Két hét

Yes, two weeks from today we will be back in Budapest. I am getting comfortable with basic phrases and looking forward to speaking Hungarian. My first will be upon arriving at the airport.  "Jó napot. Szeretnék két hétijegyek," This should get us two seven day transit passes.

A Weekend of Learning

As I mentioned, the Memrise Basic Hungarian course is helping me learn pronunciation but no too many useful words to communicate with. There is a course Hungarian w/Audio:Level 1 that has more words that I will be able to use when we return to Budapest in December.

This week starts the section "Phrases for Courtesy" on the Learn Hungarian app. I am going to practice this section along with the "Greetings and General Words".

As suggested, I am trying to immerse myself in the language as much as possible. When I want some background music or radio I have been streaming from http://www.mediaklikk.hu this site streams in radio and a couple of televions channels.

Last night I started to watch Pál Adrienn with English subtitles. I have been able to pick up a few words so far and it does help that even if it was a silent movie, at this point, I would be able to get an understanding as to what is taking place.

I must apologize. Early in my posts I forgot to mention Chris Kovacs, Bocsánat. While Chris offeres lessons via Skype, I found him on You Tube as The Hungarian Project with many lessons explaining the language. When I have a few mintues I review what he has recorded and the grammer starts to make sense.

Let's Learn Hungarian!

Today I had to work on rental unit. I realized this would be a great time for me to listen to the podcast Let's Learn Hungarian. Steven and Györgyi made ten podcasts back in 2008. I found them in 2012 when I first attempted to learn Hungarian. Over the years I listened repeatedly.


I started my work today and was going along and repeating the phrases and then I realized I didn't recognize what I was hearing. Then I looked, Episode 11? Wait, episode 10 is the last one. As I listened I realized that 11 was new and my phone had automatically downloaded it. This was great! Even better was when 12 started playing.


I am excited to have Steven and Györgyi back and adding them to my mix of learning. Üdvözöljük!


Question: "Szeretnék két hétijegyek" is this correct for "I would like two seven day passes"?

My must know phrases...

From past trips to Budapest and from what I am seeing online, I would think these are my must know phrases. The first list are those I already know and use.

If there are some to be added or deleted just let me know...

Good morning! : Jó reggelt!

Good afternoon! : Jó napot!

Good evening! : Jó estét!

Good night! : Jó éjszakát!

Hi! : Hello! / Szia! (plural: Sziasztok!)

Bye! : Viszontlátásra! (Viszlát! for short)

My name is... : ... vagyok.

You're welcome! : Szívesen!

Please: Kérem

Cheers!: Egészségedre!

Thank you! : Köszönöm!

 

Yes: Igen

No: Nem

Good: jó
Toilet: WC (pronounced in Hungarian as "vécé")
Egy sört kérek! A beer please!

What's your name? : Hogy hívják? (no English sound as "gy"...)

Congratulations: Gratulálok!

Excuse me: Elnézést

I'm sorry: Sajnálom

I don't know: Nem tudom
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Tomorrow: holnap

Yesterday: tegnap
Today: ma

Now: most

Here: itt

There: ott

Excellent: Kitűnő

Bad: rossz ("ssz" pronounced as "ss" in the word "miss")

Terrible: Borzalmas

Work

Today I was able to work on my Magyar for a while before work. My plan is to be able to dedicate my lunch hour each workday in addition to morning and a while after work. Today wasn't one of them. Work got in the way. Memrise has me up to 35 words in 3 days so that is good, but I have learned things like "A férfi magas és jóképű." The man is tall and handsome. I am ok with this because I am continuing to build on my accent. The phrases are starting to stick so I will be able to communicate on a very basic level when we return to Budapest.