In Lesson 13, we have a slew of new words and phrases for you. We also continue our story with Yuki and Attila, and talk about the amazing Christmas markets in Budapest at this time of year, as well as answer a few listeners’ questions.
BONUS: we also have a Christmas surprise and a special guest in the audio for listeners who stick around to the end!
The transcript for the lesson is in the PDF file below, and the MP3 file has the audio for this lesson. You can download both of them below, or subscribe on iTunes.
Thanks for listening and don’t forget to leave us a comment below letting us know what you think of the podcast! Köszönjük szépen!
Music: Nomada, “Aven le Roma.” Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Hungary License. Available at remix.creativecommons.hu.
Image: By Top Budapest (Budapest Christmas Market Uploaded by Einstein2) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Thank you for this podcast. I live in sweden but My grandfather is originelly from hungary. This autumn I plan to move to Budapest so this podcast is truly a help for me. I plan to study diplomacy. I also have a question for the next podcast. Is There any non-sex definition Word in hungarian. In sweden for exemple we have “hen” instead of “han” and “hon which means he/she. We uses It when the sex has no importance for exemple when we refer to someone unknown. So My question is: are There any hungarian version?
I wish you a Happy Christmas season and that this coming year will be a happy one for you.,
Needless to say I am looking forward to the next lesson. I hope that it will be soon
Thank you for listening, Julia! We’re glad you’re enjoying the podcast. To answer your question, there is no gender in Hungarian, so actually they use the same word for “he” and “she”: ő. In fact, Hungarians sometimes accidentally mix up “he” and “she” when they speak English.
There’s no specific word for a gender-neutral “it”. Hungarian instead uses “ez/az” or “this/that” for whatever objects they refer to. I hope that answers your question. If not, please let me know!
Steven
Thank you for the comment, John, and the same to you! We are working on the future lessons, thanks for your patience!
Steven