Review: Lessons Five to Eight
Lesson Five Review
Lesson Six Review
Lesson Seven Review
Lesson Eight Review
Exercises
Any new grammar points will be marked with a 
Page last updated July 7, 2003.
There was a lot of material covered in Lessons Five to Eight, so this
review is meant to help clarify things and for you to get some more practice using
the grammar and vocabulary. Also some minor details will be given that were
left out of the previous grammar lessons. In each section, grammar and
vocabulary may be from all eight lessons, plus maybe a few new words.
Lesson Five Review
In Lesson Five, you learned how to say there is/there are, the irregular
verb menni, prepositions of motion, and the difference between
hol and hová. For each of these topics there is nothing new
to add. If any of these topics seems complicated, hopefully this review
will help you because you will see more examples of these principles in use.
Hová mész?
Where are you going.
Budapestre és Gyo"rbe megyek. (Remember Gyo"r is an exception)
I am going to Budapest and Gyo"r.
Sok nagy szálloda van New York-ban.
There are many big hotels in New York.
Egy orvost akarok látni a kórházban.
I want to see a doctor in the hospital.
Hol van az egyetem?
Where is the university?
Ma megyünk a barátunkhoz Szegedre.
Today we are going to Szeged, to our friend's.
You can ask me any questions.
Go To Lesson Five
Lesson Six Review
Lesson Six covered the irregular verb jönni, the numbers one to
ten, and the various suffixes meaning 'in/on/at' and 'from'. When to use
which suffixes can be rather confusing. Look carefully at the following
dialogue, which includes several new words:
Gyula: Hová mész?
Tamás: Rómába megyek.
Gyula: Hol van Róma? Franciaországban?
Tamás: Nem! Róma Olaszországban van.
Gyula: Most már (already) tudom. Honnan mész? Budapestro"l?
Tamás: Igen, Budapestro"l Bécsbe, és Bécsbo"l Rómába megyek. Rómaban
egy barátno"mhöz megyek.
Gyula: Értem. Jó utat!
Tamás: Köszi. Te mit csinálsz?
Gyula: Én, maradok Magyarországon.
Tamás: Jó szórakozást.
Translation:
G: Where are you going?
T: I'm going to Rome.
G: Where's Rome? In France?
T: No! Rome is in Italy.
G: Now I know. From where are you going? From Budapest?
T: Yes, from Budapest to Vienna and from Vienna to Rome. In Rome I am
going to my girlfriend's.
G: I understand. Have a good trip.
T: Thanks. What are you doing?
G: Me, I'm staying in Hungary.
T: Have a good time.
With the numbers, the important thing to remember is that the following
noun will always be singular. Here are some sentences:
Két barát megy a moziba.
Two friends are going to the movies.
Notice the singular verb and also remember that ketto" becomes
két before nouns. Kilenc gyereket akarok.
I want nine children.
Három egyetem van Philadelphiában.
There are three universities in Philadelphia.
If you have any questions, please ask
me Go To Lesson Six
Lesson Seven Review
Compared to Lessons Five and Six, Lesson Seven was rather easy. You
learned the numbers up to 100 and how to form the plural. The following
is a list of some words you know, and a couple you don't yet know, along
with their plurals. Try covering the right-hand column at first and see if
you can come up with the correct plural.
| singular |
plural |
| étlap |
étlapok |
| ember |
emberek |
| asztal |
asztalok |
| étterem |
éttermek |
| egyetemista |
egyetemisták |
| név |
nevek |
| levél (letter) |
levelek |
| dolog (thing) |
dolgok |
| család (family) |
családok |
The best way to learn the numbers is to practice using them. Do the
following addition problems based on the example given. You will need
the word meg, which means 'plus' in this context (it also has
other meanings).
example: 9 + 4
and you say: Kilenc meg négy, az tízenhárom (9+4=13)
1. 1 + 3
2. 2 + 15
3. 11 + 24
4. 25 + 38
5. 99 + 1
6. 84 + 12
7. 47 + 32
8. 22 + 51
9. 60 + 10
10. 75 + 7
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Lesson Eight Review
Lesson Eight was rather difficult with a lot of material. Make sure you
have read and understand all of the fine points mentioned in the various
notes in the grammar section. After Lesson Eight, you should now be able
to recognize the patterns of Hungarian. I mean a couple things by this.
First, The suffixes for the possessive should be very easy since they
follow a
pattern very similar to the verb suffixes. So by recognizing this
similarity, you will become more proficient at using both verbal and
possessive suffixes. Second, now you know that certain nouns seem to be
irregular (take different link vowel like házat, drop a vowel like
éttermet, etc.) consistently. In theory, grammar at the beginning
can be very tough, but once you have an idea of the big picture things
should begin to make more sense.
Here are some more sentences using the different possessive structures.
In some sentences there are optional words in parentheses:
Két gyerekem van.
I have two children.
Since you don't yet know how to say 'I have children',
or how to use the possessive suffixes with any plural noun, try to use a
quantifier when you can, so that the noun with appear in singular.
A feleségem Magyarországon van.
My wife is in Hungary.
A férje az irodájaból jön.
Her husband is coming from his office
Egy üveg borom és két poharam (notice it takes link vowel a) van.
I have a bottle of wine and two glasses.
Mikor utazik az apád Angliába?
When is your father travelling to England?
Katinak nagy háza van.
Kati has a big house.
Have any questions?
Go To Lesson Eight
Additional Exercises
Translate the following sentences into English:
11. Mikor jössz Bécsbe?
12. Hány ember van a szállodában?
13. Én és feleségem a lengyel (Polish) barátunkhoz megyünk.
14. Csak (only) nyolcvankilenc forintom van. Hány van neked?
15. Most már értem. Köszi.
Translate the following into Hungarian:
16. I want to see your (formal) husband.
17. They don't want to travel to Moscow (Moszkva).
18. You (plural) don't know how to speak German (németül).
19. When does Eva work in her office?
20. We want to see Warsaw (Várso).
In the following sentences, give the appropriate
Hungarian translation of the English word(s) in parentheses:
21. Szeretem a (your (plural) friend).
22. (Their house) nagyon szép.
23. (They are reading) a könyvet.
24. (Do you understand) a gyerekeket?
25. (They are eating) a gulyást.
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