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 below for the script for this lesson’s material and the new vocabulary. Try and memorize as much as possible so you’ll be ready for the review next time!

Feel free to ask us if you have any questions about this lesson or Hungarian in general, or just to let us know what you think of our podcast. Just leave a comment on this post or on any other one. Thanks for listening!

Links discussed in the podcast:

House of Hungarian Wines: http://www.magyarborokhaza.hu/index.php

Mátyás Pince: http://www.matyaspince.hu/

Kulacs Étterem: http://www.kulacs.hu/

Budacast podcast: http://www.budacast.hu/

Music: Ernő Király, “Bor Nota” (“Wine Song”) (1914). Source: Internet Archive

The PDF file below contains the written dialogue and vocabulary, and the MP3 file has the audio for Lesson 8. Download both of them below, and thanks for listening!

Lesson 8 notes (PDF)

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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 the new vocabulary words. See how much of it you can memorize for the next lesson, as I’m sure we’ll have another review waiting for you.

Feel free to ask us if you have any questions about this lesson or Hungarian in general, or just to let us know what you think of our podcast. Just leave a comment on this post or on any other one. Thanks for listening!

Intro music: Curtis Maranda, “7th Heaven”. Check out more of Curtis’ work at http://www.curtismaranda.com/

Outro music: Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, “Mister Cliché”. Thanks to Curtis and Mookie for allowing us to use their original music on the podcast.

The PDF file below contains the written dialogue and vocabulary, and the MP3 file has the audio for Lesson 7. Download both of them below, and thanks for listening!

Lesson 7 notes (PDF)

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Lesson 6 presents some very useful phrases for the traveler to Hungary! Have a listen and try to memorize as much as possible. This lesson’s dialogue isn’t as long as in previous lessons, so it shouldn’t be that hard to memorize it all.

We also discuss some Easter traditions in Hungary, and present the winner of last lesson’s challenge to continue the mineral water dialogue between the restaurant patron and her waiter.

Our music is again provided by the very talented Budapest-based Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, who were kind enough to offer us their song “Angelina” for this podcast. Find out more about this excellent band here. Thanks so much to Mookie and his kin for allowing us to use their music on the podcast.

The PDF file below contains the written dialogue and vocabulary, and the MP3 file has the audio for Lesson 6. Download both of them below, and thanks for listening!

Lesson 6 notes (PDF)

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Lesson 5 shows us a conversation between Ági, a customer, and a waiter. Ági just wants a drink, but has a hard time getting one!

Please see below for the dialogue and vocabulary for Lesson 5 below. Try your best to learn all of the new expressions, and see if you can memorize the dialogue too!

This lesson’s music was brought to you courtesy of Budapest-based Mookie Brando and the Second Cousins, “Slow Walk Home.” Find out more about this excellent band here.

The PDF file below contains the written dialogue and vocabulary, and the MP3 file has the audio for Lesson 5. Download both of them below, and thanks for listening!

Lesson 5 notes (PDF)

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