Hungarian Heritage Review, 1989 (18. évfolyam, 1-9. szám)

1989-04-01 / 4. szám

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EDITOR’S NOTE: It took us many months to track down a copy of MAGYAR READER by the late Endre Sebestyen which in our opinion offers one of the easiest ways to learn Hungarian. Originally published in 1948, the lessons to follow are reprints from this booklet.

LESSON FIVE ÖTÖDIK LECKE

I

I

The short Magyar i is pronounced as the i is pronounced in hit. bit, rid, with.

The long Magyar i is pronounced as the ee is pronounced in feet. meet, or the ea is pronounced in beat, meat.

OLVASÁS GYAKORLAT

biz*ni, fii*lér, fi*zet, //=zet=tem, ér*te, fe*hér, hi*ba, híd, hír, hir*teilen, hit, hív, i*ma, lm*re, ír, /r=ta, Mén, /r=ka, /r=ká-ban, /r=ma, ív, i-tél, itt, íz, ki, /e=het, li-ba, /Mer, /Mer=rel, mér, mi, mi-ért, min*den, mint, pa*pír, pa°ri*pa, pénz*zel, pMien, p/Ma-nat, pi*pa, rif*ka, sír, fa*nit, tin*ta, fin*tá=ért, tíz, ve=zet, v/=dám, v/-har, vil*la, víz, vi*zen, v/-zet.

VOCABULARY

bízni = to trust érte — for it

a fillér=;the filler, the penny fizet = pays, is paying a hír = the news hirtelen = sudden, quick;

suddenly, quickly a hit = the faith hív = faithful az ima = the prayer Imre = Emery ír = writes írta z= wrote írta a levelet = wrote the letter

Irén = Irene az irka == the note book az irkában = in the note book

Irma = Irma

az ív = the sheet

itél = judges, is judging

itt = here

az íz = the taste

ki - who

lehet = can be, may be a liba — the goose hat liba = six geese a liter = the liter

a literrel = with the liter mér — measures,

is measuring

SZÓ.JEGYZÉK

fizettem érte=I paid for it a hiba = the mistake, the error a hid the bridge

vizet mér=measures water mi = what miért — why minden = all, any, every mint = as, like a papír = the paper a papíron = on the paper a paripa = the steed pénzzel = with money pihen = rests, is resting a pillanat = the moment a pipa = the pipe ritka =: rare, scarce sir = weeps, is weeping tanít = teaches, is teaching a tinta = the ink

a tintáért == for the ink tíz =: ten

vezet =: leads, is leading vidám = cheerful, gay a vihar = the storm a villa = the fork a viz = the water

a vizen át =: across the water, over the water vizet mér = measures water

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HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW

APRIL 1989