Comments on: Lesson 8 – Happy Mother’s Day! http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/ Free biweekly podcast with Steve and Györgyi Sun, 03 May 2009 03:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Let's Learn Hungarian! http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-491 Let's Learn Hungarian! Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:01:21 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-491 Rosalind, thanks for writing to us. We really appreciate the feedback! steven Rosalind, thanks for writing to us. We really appreciate the feedback!

steven

]]> By: Rosalind http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-462 Rosalind Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:39:45 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-462 Steven & Györgyi, thanks for your informative and very entertaining podcasts. I use other language learning materials but find that I learn more and have more fun listening to your show. I appreciative the friendly and supportive atmosphere and especially enjoy the explanations of how the language works in real life and the cultural information (loved the segment on the "name" days!). Köszönöm szépen, Roz Steven & Györgyi, thanks for your informative and very entertaining podcasts. I use other language learning materials but find that I learn more and have more fun listening to your show. I appreciative the friendly and supportive atmosphere and especially enjoy the explanations of how the language works in real life and the cultural information (loved the segment on the “name” days!).

Köszönöm szépen,
Roz

]]> By: Magdi http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Magdi Sun, 25 May 2008 20:04:37 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-247 Második év tanulok magyar nyelvet és nagyon szeretek őt, de még nem jól beszélek magyarul. Köszönöm szépen podcastot (?) :) Puszi Lengyelországból Sorry for all mistakes Második év tanulok magyar nyelvet és nagyon szeretek őt, de még nem jól beszélek magyarul.
Köszönöm szépen podcastot (?)
:)
Puszi Lengyelországból

Sorry for all mistakes

]]> By: Simon http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Simon Fri, 23 May 2008 13:37:19 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-239 I've only just discovered your podcast and though I'm only on podcast 4, it's fantastic. I had been learning from a CD-rom but I find your podcast far more interesting and better structured. Keep up the good work Looking forward to practising further with my 1/2Hungarian wife and magyar father-in-law so that when we take our 10month old son off to see his great aunts Erzsi-néni and Franci-néni I can say more than just hello! Kösz. Simon, London I’ve only just discovered your podcast and though I’m only on podcast 4, it’s fantastic. I had been learning from a CD-rom but I find your podcast far more interesting and better structured. Keep up the good work

Looking forward to practising further with my 1/2Hungarian wife and magyar father-in-law so that when we take our 10month old son off to see his great aunts Erzsi-néni and Franci-néni I can say more than just hello!

Kösz.
Simon, London

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Jonathan Thu, 22 May 2008 20:12:11 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-238 Here's another language learning tip: One thing that makes watching TV or movies in a foreign language difficult is that you can't concentrate both on 1)understanding the story and 2) understanding the language at the same time. That's why teachers recommend reading familiar stories in a foreign language so you can just focus on the language learning and use your prior understanding of the story to help guide your reading comprehension. As I would like to improve my conversational use of Hungarian, I've decided to use the Hungarian subtitles from the dialogs of the TV show Friends (Jóbarákot as it is known in Hungary). This website has subtitles in several languages: http://www.opensubtitles.com/en/search/sublanguageid-hun/idmovie-2872/offset-40 To download the subtitles, click the link labeled SRT. Then open the subtitles in a document viewer. The file name is the episode number, i.e. 814 is Season 8, Episode 14. Then look for the corresponding English subtitles here: http://www.opensubtitles.com/en/search/sublanguageid-eng/idmovie-2872 After you have opened both the Hungarian and the English subtitles, copy and paste both of them side by side in Excel. You'll probably have to shift some of the texts up and down to get them to line up perfectly, use the timing to help you. Also keep in mind that not everything gets translated, cultural references or complicated jokes are often difficult to translate. Try it out. Good luck! Here’s another language learning tip: One thing that makes watching TV or movies in a foreign language difficult is that you can’t concentrate both on 1)understanding the story and 2) understanding the language at the same time. That’s why teachers recommend reading familiar stories in a foreign language so you can just focus on the language learning and use your prior understanding of the story to help guide your reading comprehension.

As I would like to improve my conversational use of Hungarian, I’ve decided to use the Hungarian subtitles from the dialogs of the TV show Friends (Jóbarákot as it is known in Hungary).
This website has subtitles in several languages:
http://www.opensubtitles.com/en/search/sublanguageid-hun/idmovie-2872/offset-40
To download the subtitles, click the link labeled SRT.

Then open the subtitles in a document viewer. The file name is the episode number, i.e. 814 is Season 8, Episode 14.
Then look for the corresponding English subtitles here:
http://www.opensubtitles.com/en/search/sublanguageid-eng/idmovie-2872
After you have opened both the Hungarian and the English subtitles, copy and paste both of them side by side in Excel.
You’ll probably have to shift some of the texts up and down to get them to line up perfectly, use the timing to help you. Also keep in mind that not everything gets translated, cultural references or complicated jokes are often difficult to translate.

Try it out. Good luck!

]]> By: David Karidis Oravecz http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-227 David Karidis Oravecz Fri, 16 May 2008 11:13:11 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-227 Don't stop teaching! I am half greek and half hungarian. My siblings and I were fortunate to be spoken only in greek and hungarian growing up and that has made us all multilingual. I pursued my learning even further to become a linquist, through my education and having lived around the world. I teach languages to adult learners and I will say to you that yours is one of the most interactive language learning forums I've ever come across. You add language learning, education about the beautiful country of Hungary and the stunning city of Budapest - but the other dynamic you have is the style that makes the listener feel welcome. I look forward to your pod casts (in fact I wish they were weekly, rather than bi-weekly) and I hope you continue doing this for a long time! All the best! Oravecz David Don’t stop teaching! I am half greek and half hungarian. My siblings and I were fortunate to be spoken only in greek and hungarian growing up and that has made us all multilingual. I pursued my learning even further to become a linquist, through my education and having lived around the world. I teach languages to adult learners and I will say to you that yours is one of the most interactive language learning forums I’ve ever come across. You add language learning, education about the beautiful country of Hungary and the stunning city of Budapest – but the other dynamic you have is the style that makes the listener feel welcome. I look forward to your pod casts (in fact I wish they were weekly, rather than bi-weekly) and I hope you continue doing this for a long time! All the best!

Oravecz David

]]> By: Adam http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Adam Sat, 10 May 2008 17:26:12 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-200 Just came across this site and have downloaded all the lessons to date onto my phone so I can practice while at work through headphones! My girlfriend is from Hungary and I am trying to get past the basics so I can communicate well when visiting her family and not have her translate all day long! Keep up the good work and can't wait to catch up :) Just came across this site and have downloaded all the lessons to date onto my phone so I can practice while at work through headphones! My girlfriend is from Hungary and I am trying to get past the basics so I can communicate well when visiting her family and not have her translate all day long! Keep up the good work and can’t wait to catch up :)

]]> By: Paula Góes http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Paula Góes Sat, 10 May 2008 07:22:17 +0000 http://www.letslearnhungarian.net/2008/05/08/lesson-8-happy-mothers-day/#comment-199 Köszönöm szépen! I am glad now I know how to say Brazil vagyok! Paula Köszönöm szépen!

I am glad now I know how to say Brazil vagyok!

Paula

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