Lesson 3 is packed with lots of useful, everyday expressions, so make sure you learn them well! See below for the new dialogue, vocabulary, and some simple grammar forms. It’s a lot of new material, but try to learn it all if you can, and see if you can memorize the dialogue too.

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Dialogue for Lesson 3 (casual speech):

Mari: Halló.

James: Szia Mari! James vagyok.

Mari: Szia James! Hogy vagy?

James: Kösz, jól. Most szabad vagy?

Mari: Igen, miért?

James: Nem megyünk moziba?

Mari: Jaj, bocs, most nem tudok.

James: Jó. Akkor máskor. Szia!

Mari: Szia!

Dialogue for Lesson 3 (English translation):

Mari: Hello!

James: Hi, Mari! It’s James.

Mari: Hi, James! How are you?

James: Fine, thanks. Are you free now?

Mari: Yes, why?

James: Do you want to go to the movies?

Mari: Oh, sorry, I can’t (go) now.

James: All right. Another time, then. Bye!

Mari: Bye!

Vocabulary for Lesson 3:

német – German

német vagy? (informal) – Are you German?

ír – Irish

Ír vagy? (informal) – Are you Irish?

orosz – Russian

orosz vagy? (informal) – Are you Russian?

halló – Hello (answering the phone)

szia – hi/bye (to one person only)

sziasztok – hi/bye (to more than one person)

Magyar vagyok. – I’m Hungarian.

Amerikai vagyok. – I’m American.

Angol vagyok. – I’m English.

Kanadai vagyok. – I’m Canadian.

hogy – how

vagy – you are

Hogy vagy? – How are you?

kösz – thanks

köszi – thanks

jól – fine, well

most – now

szabad – free

miért – why

megyünk – we go (somewhere)

mozi – the movies, movie theater

moziba – to the movies

jaj – oh!, oh no!

bocs – sorry (casual)

nem tudok – I can’t

tudok – I can

akkor – then

máskor – another time

Grammar for Lesson 3:

1. Stating your name:

(your name) vagyok.

I’m (your name).

2. Stating your nationality:

(your nationality) vagyok.

I’m (your nationality).

3. Negating a verb:

-place nem before the verb

tudok (I can) — nem tudok (I can’t)

értem (I understand) — nem értem (I don’t understand)

megyünk (we go) — nem megyünk (we don’t go)