Review: Lessons Five to Eight
Lesson Five
Review
Lesson Six
Review
Lesson Seven
Review
Lesson Eight
Review
Exercises
There was a lot of material covered in Lessons Five to Eight, so this review
meant to help clarify things and for you get some more practice using the
grammar and vocabulary. Also some minor details will be given that were left out
of the previous grammar lessons. In each section, grammar and vocabulary may be
from all eight lessons, plus maybe a few new words.
Lesson Five Review
In Lesson Five, you learned how to say there is/there
are, the irregular verb menni, prepositions of motion, and the difference
between hol and hová. For each of these topics there is nothing
new to add. If any of these topics seems complicated, hopefully this review will
help you because you will see more examples of these principles in use.
Hová mész?
Where are you going.
Budapestre és Győrbe megyek. (Remember Győr is an exception)
I am going to Budapest and Győr.
Sok nagy szálloda van New Yorkban.
There are many big hotels in New
York.
Egy orvost akarok látni a kórházban.
I want to see a doctor in the
hospital.
Hol van az egyetem?
Where is the university?
Ma megyünk a barátunkhoz Szegedre.
Today we are going to Szeged, to
our friend's.
You can ask me any questions.
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Five
Lesson Six Review
Lesson Six covered the irregular verb jönni,
the numbers one to ten, and the various suffixes meaning 'in/on/at' and 'from'.
When to use which suffixes can be rather confusing. Look carefully at the
following dialogue, which includes several new words:
Gyula: Hová mész?
Tamás: Rómába megyek.
Gyula: Hol van Róma?
Franciaországban?
Tamás: Nem! Róma Olaszországban van.
Gyula: Most már (already) tudom. Honnan mész? Budapestről?
Tamás: Igen, Budapestről Bécsbe, és Bécsből Rómába megyek. Rómaban egy barátnőmhöz megyek.
Gyula:
Értem. Jó utat!
Tamás: Köszi. Te mit csinálsz?
Gyula: Én maradok Magyarországon.
Tamás: Jó szórakozást.
Translation:
G: Where are you going?
T: I'm going to Rome.
G:
Where's Rome? In France?
T: No! Rome is in Italy.
G: Now I know. From
where are you going? From Budapest?
T: Yes, from Budapest to Vienna and
from Vienna to Rome. In Rome I am going to my girlfriend's.
G: I
understand. Have a good trip.
T: Thanks. What are you doing?
G: Me, I'm
staying in Hungary.
T: Have a good time.
With the numbers, the important thing to remember is that the
following noun will always be singular. Here are some sentences:
Két barát megy a moziba.
Two friends are going to the
movies.
Notice the singular verb and also remember that kettő
becomes két before nouns.
Kilenc gyereket akarok.
I want nine children.
Három egyetem van Philadelphiában.
There are three universities in
Philadelphia.
If you have any questions, please ask me.
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Six
Lesson Seven Review
Compared to Lessons Five and Six, Lesson Seven was
rather easy. You learned the numbers up to 100 and how to form the plural. The
following is a list of some words you know, and a couple you don't yet know,
along with their plurals. Try covering the right-hand column at first and see if
you can come up with the correct plural.
| singular |
plural |
| étlap |
étlapok |
| ember |
emberek |
| asztal |
asztalok |
| étterem |
éttermek |
| egyetemista |
egyetemisták |
| név |
nevek |
| levél (letter) |
levelek |
| dolog (thing) |
dolgok |
| család (family) |
családok |
The best way to learn the numbers is to practice using them. Do the
following addition problems based on the example given. You will need the word meg, which means 'plus' in this context (it also has other meanings).
example: 9 + 4
and you say: Kilenc meg négy, az tizenhárom (9+4=13)
1. 1 + 3
2. 2 + 15
3. 11 + 24
4. 25 + 38
5. 99 + 1
6. 84 +
12
7. 47 + 32
8. 22 + 51
9. 60 + 10
10. 75 + 7
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Seven
Lesson Eight Review
Lesson Eight was rather difficult with a lot of
material. Make sure you have read and understand all of the fine points
mentioned in the various notes in the grammar section. After Lesson Eight, you
should now be able to recognize the patterns of Hungarian. I mean a couple
things by this. First, The suffixes for the possessive should be very easy since
they follow a pattern very similar to the verb suffixes. So by recognizing this
similarity, you will become more proficient at using both verbal and possessive
suffixes. Second, now you know that certain nouns seem to be irregular (take
different link vowel like házat, drop a vowel like éttermet, etc.)
consistently. In theory, grammar at the beginning can be very tough, but once
you have an idea of the big picture things should begin to make more sense.
Here are some more sentences using the different possessive structures. In
some sentences there are optional words in parentheses:
Két gyerekem van.
I have two children.
Since you don't yet know how to say 'I have
children', or how to use the possessive suffixes with any plural noun, try to
use a quantifier when you can, so that the noun with appear in singular.
A
feleségem Magyarországon van.
My wife is in Hungary.
A férje az irodájából jön.
Her husband is coming from his office
Egy üveg borom és két poharam (notice it takes link vowel a)
van.
I have a bottle of wine and two glasses.
Mikor utazik az apád Angliába?
When is your father travelling to
England?
Katinak nagy háza van.
Kati has a big house.
Have any questions?
Go To Lesson
Eight
Additional Exercises
Translate the following sentences into English:
11. Mikor jössz Bécsbe?
12. Hány ember van a szállodában?
13. Én és
feleségem a lengyel (Polish) barátunkhoz megyünk.
14. Csak (only)
nyolcvankilenc forintom van. Hány van neked?
15. Most már értem. Köszi.
Translate the following into Hungarian:
16. I want to see your (formal) husband.
17. They don't want to travel
to Moscow (Moszkva).
18. You (plural) don't know how to speak German
(németül).
19. When does Eva work in her office?
20. We want to see Warsaw (Varsó).
In the following sentences, give the appropriate Hungarian
translation of the English word(s) in parentheses:
21. Szeretem a (your (plural) friend).
22. (Their house) nagyon
szép.
23. (They are reading) a könyvet.
24. (Do you understand) a
gyerekeket?
25. (They are eating) a gulyást.
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