Lesson 9 introduces a new native speaker to our podcast – Milán! Milán has a great voice for podcasting and we’re really pleased to have his assistance for this lesson. Hopefully we’ll have him on the podcast again and get the chance to know him a bit more. See below for the script for this […]
A note to our dear Hungarian listeners…
Today I noticed a post about language learning podcasts in the Hungarian site Webisztán. It was basically about how many free language learning podcasts are available, and the author’s desire to continue learning Italian through podcasts. But in the comments section we were obliquely referenced. The first comment was innocuous enough: grabog 2008.05.11. 20:18:11 Belehallgattam a […]
Lesson 8 – Happy Mother’s Day!
Lesson 8 is between a mother and her son on Mother’s Day, and the son’s embarrassing admission about his gift to her. We answer several listener questions on this lesson, and also discuss the tradition of Hungarian name days and other odd tidbits of Hungarian culture that you might not have been aware of. See […]
Music recommendation: Jazz+Az
As recommended by Györgyi in the last lesson, here’s a few videos of the Hungarian pop band Jazz+Az, featuring the work of entrepreneur/musician Péter Geszti. I kind of prefer their more upbeat songs, but these two aren’t bad. This is “Csepp a tengerben” (“Drop in the Ocean”), which has a hypnotic quality about it: “Megint […]
Lesson 7 – I don’t drink coffee anymore
Lesson 7 brings us a dialogue between two old friends, Csaba and Katalin, who unexpectedly run into each other in a restaurant after not having met for a long time. Katalin wants to have a drink with Csaba, but he has a surprise for her! See below for the script for this lesson’s material and […]
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