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Dialogue for Lesson 1:

Border Guard: Jó napot kívánok.

Tourist: Jó napot.

BG: Az útlevelét, kérem.

T: Tessék.

BG: Köszönöm. Hmmmm, amerikai?

T: Igen.

BG: Turista?

T: Igen.

BG: Jó. Tessék. Jó utat kívánok.

T: Köszönöm szépen. Viszontlátásra.

Dialogue for Lesson 1: (translation)

Border Guard: Hello.

Tourist: Hello.

BG: Passport, please.

T: Here you are.

BG: Thank you. Hmmmm, are you American?

T: Yes.

BG: Are you a tourist?

T: Yes.

BG: Fine. Here you are. Have a nice trip.

T: Thank you very much. Goodbye.

Vocabulary for Lesson 1:

jó napot – hello, good afternoon

jó napot kívánok – hello, good afternoon (more polite)

útlevél – passport

kérem – please

tessék – here you are

köszönöm – thank you

Amerikai? – Are you American?

amerikai – American

Magyar? – Are you Hungarian?

magyar – Hungarian

igen – yes

nem – no

Turista? – Are you a tourist?

turista – tourist

jó – good, fine

Jó utat (kívánok). – Have a nice trip.

Köszönöm szépen. – Thank you very much.

viszontlátásra – goodbye

viszlát! – bye!