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Chris from New York

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
CHRIS 2012.02.04

On Feb 4 our guest for FUNGARIAN was Chris, who came from Upstate New York to explore Hungary. We were bemused to look at English from a Hungarian point of view and vice versa. Chris thought Hungarian sounded like Finnish, …
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Girls from Ireland

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz

Last Friday Niamh and her friends from Ireland attended our one-hour Fungarian session as a start for their Budapest weekend and enjoyed getting to know some basic language items and getting their questions answered regarding the local party culture. It …
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How to dress for the Opera

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
BRENDA AND KEITH (1)

Brenda and Keith from Canada were adventurous enough to try to cope with Hungarian sounds. Apart from the notorious ‘gy’ sound everything went fine. They were heading for the Opera that evening and asked for advice how dress for the …
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“Vegetáriánusok”

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
Hannah and Susan

Right from the airport, Hannah and Susan were tired but enthusiastic about their first Hungarian class. The two ladies enjoyed learning how different Hungarian is from English, and showed their language talent with the tongue-twisting (in Hungarian: ’tongue-breaking’) words. Since …
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Check mate

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
FIONA AND MATT 03.03. (2)

Fiona and Matt flew over to Budapest for the weekend.First of all we learnt how Matt’s name would be pronounced in Hungarian – ‘matt’ meaning mate, as in check-mate. In the Hungarian media you often hear English names mispronounced. In the …
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Puli is Your Best Friend

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
Sandy and Ron (1)

Sandy and Ron are great friends of Hungary. In their case the ambassador of Hungary to project a positive image of the country is the favourite companion of the Hortobágy sheperds, the Puli (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk0nwScF7Lw). Sally’s motivation to learn Hungarian was …
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Life under Communism

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
Kelcey and Mike_jav (1)

Kelcey and Mike arrived for an evening class and though the Café was quite busy by then we could find a quiet corner. The pronunciation of ’viszontlátásra’ bemused Mike and was adamant to try time and again. Being a student …
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Pex or Pécs?

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz

Noel and John were eager to know some greeting phrases since they were to meet their Hungarian business partners later this week. Soon we realized that ’Nice to meet you’ is pretty easy to pronounce as compared to ”Örülök a …
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Hungaricums

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
Amanda

Amanda and her friend flew over to Budapest for the weekend to have a change. Hopefully wise decision,  in spite of the fact that they had pre-purchased MALÉV tickets. The bankruptcy of our national airline earlier this year stirred sentiments …
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køsønøm

Posted on 2012. June 21. Thursday by haasz
DANISH PARTY

Our Danish guests very soon turned out to be not only enthusiastic but most talented learners of Hungarian. No Hungarian sound was difficult for them to pronounce clearly, including ’ö’ – actually ’ø’ as they chose to mark it in the …
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