Magyar News, 1992. szeptember-1993. augusztus (3. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1992-11-01 / 3. szám
HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN HUNGARIAN? LESSON FOUR By this time - if you did your homework - you may know quite a lot of Hungarian. You know how to read properly and with some difficulty you are able to write down Hungarian words. In this lesson we are venturing into the realm of suffixes. It is very different to what you are used to in the English language. Though it is not totally unknown. For example, you expand the word FAITH by adding on to it. You could say faith-FUL, or pushing it further tofaith- FUL-NESS. This example is only an idea of expanding a word. In the English you use prepositions like IN, FROM, AT, and so on. The Hungarian adds a suffix to the end of the word, and it is not a separate word like the preposition. Well, let us be more specific., HOUSE in Hungarian is HÁZ. POCKET is ZSEB. In the house would be HÁZ-BAN. IN equals -BAN, a suffix,that is added onto the word, it becomes HÁZBAN. It is just as simple as using a preposition. In the pocket is ZSEB-BEN. My house is HÁZ-AM, and my pocket is ZSEB-EM. For the house is HÄZ-NAK, for the pocket is ZSEB-NEK. As you noticed, the vowel in the suffix changes. In these examples it is either A or E. In other cases like out of house is HÁZBÓL, out of pocket isZSEB-^OL. Without telling you all the suffixes there are in the Hungarian language at this point, I would like to explain this phenomenon. It has to do with the sound of the vowel. One system puts the vowels into groups according to how they are shaped in the mouth. I find this a bit complicated and prefer another system that groups them according to the pitch of their pronunciation. In this grouping, we have those that are high pitched, E, É, í, Ö, Ö, Ü, Ű, then we have,those,that are low pitched vowels like, A, Á, O, Ó, U, Ú. Look up the lesson where we talked about the sound of these vowels and read them out loud. Just by listening to your reading you will be able to compare the high and the low pitch sounds. Therefore you chose a suffix that is compatible. As you saw it in the previous examples the HÁZ will have suffixes with low pitch vowels, like A or O and ZSEB will have high pitch sounds like E or All this brings us back to the first lesson; you have to learn the phonetics of the language, make no mistake about it, then you will not make a mistake. As in every language there are exceptions and irregulars, but don’t let that bother you. We will deal with it later. For information to learn Hungarian, call 377-0569. MOUNTAIN GROVE CEMETERY You of Hungary, if you should walk this way, gaze around you- For here is the Past, and here also is the sad Present! These are the poor who wandered from their homeland, Here they worked and toiled, and here became total strangers. Not so long ago, with spade and hoe they worked the fields, While joyously they sang Hungarian songs- And now beneath the gravestone and flowers All those dead Hungarians lie peacefully. They were seeking a new homeland in this country And this country accepted them as their children- Now they have all withered away like autumn leaves. Only the gravestone remains to show their Hungarian heritage. This is not only a dead village, It is a nation of the poor-The poor who left their birthplace seeking to better themselves, And here found peace, peace forever. In long, long lines are the graves of many, many good friends Sad sons of empty villages-And on the wreath-bedecked gravestones All their names shine forth, as a Gloria! Olexo Endre Joseph Browning sent us this poem. Endre Olexo was his father-in-law and had a shop on Fairfield Avenue. In his spare time he wrote poetry, plays for the stage, and articles for the Amerikai Magyar Népszava. Some of his works were also published in the Bridgeport Post BON VOYAGE The sister city of Fairfield is Tatabánya in Hungary. This Hungarian Mining town is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary at the end of November. The guests of honor will be Árpád Göncz, president of Hungary, Jacquellyn Durrell, First Selectman of Fairfield,andRev. Dr. Alexander Havadtöy, pastor of the Hungarian Calvin United Church of Christ. Among the main events will be the unveiling of there-erected monument of the Turul Bird. This bird is a mythological figure in the Hungarian history and legends. * * * By now most of the people in this community know about the collection of clothes, food and monies for the refugees who are forced across the border from what was Yugoslavia into Hungary. St. Emery and St. Joseph took on this task to help the people in need to survive the winter ahead of us. To organize the proper distribution Father Németh will go to Hungary, to Szeged, and thrust the Franciscans there to take care of this effort at that end. * * * We wish both parties the best of success. SCHOLARSHIP The American Hungarian Heritage Association announces Mary Katona Scholarships for 1993. Students of Hungarian ancestry, who are enrolled in higher education, may apply for a scholarship of $500.00 to $ 1,000.00 to be awarded by the American Hungarian Heritage Association. Application forms are available at the local Hungarian churches, Committee members, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Joseph F. Balogh, 60 Tyrone Place, Stratford, CT 06497. Completed applications are due by November 30, 1992 and will be screened by the A.H.H.A. Scholarship Committee: Bette Johnson of Fairfield, 255-8857; Linda Chehy of Stratford, 378-0362; Claudia Margitay-Balogh of Stratford, 377-0569; and Joseph Rácz of Norwalk: 846-9367. Further information may be obtained by contacting any member of the Scholarship Committee. Page 6
