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Let's see these words in turn. 

- alcohol / beer = alkohol, sör

- pasta =  tészta 

- hamburger = hamburger

- french/Belgian fries

We have two versions for this. In formal situations we say hasábburgonya (hasáb = sort of a column + burgonya = potato). You can see hasábburgonya in menus. In informal situations, everyday conversations we say sült krumpli. 

- coca-cola = same, or simply kóla

- chocolate = csokoládé, or informally csoki

- ice-cream 

We have two versions again. Jégkrém (jég = ice, krém = cream) is sold in boxes or are wrapped in paper, so jégkrém is produced in factories: 

 Fagylalt or fagyi is sold in cones and is usually produced by the shop where you can buy them: 

Át- is a prefix and it generally expresses movement from one point to another. 

Let's see some examples!

Example 1

• menni = to go 
• átmenni = to go over (to another point) 

It you add the path (through what you are moving from one point to another), you add suffix -on/en/ön. For example,

• Átmegyek az úton = I am crossing the road. út + on
• Átmegyek a hídon = I am crossing the bridge. híd + on

Example 2

In negative sentences the prefix is detached and is placed after the verb. 

• Nem megyek át az úton = I am not crossing the road
• Nem megyek át a hídon = I am not crossing the bridge

Example 3

Same with questions. 

• Miért megyünk át az úton? = Why are we crossing the road? 
• Mikor megyünk át a hídon? = When will we cross the bridge? 

Example 4

Same with imperatives.

• Menj át az úton! = Cross the road. 
• Menjünk át a hídon! = Let's cross the bridge. 

kaptár = hive

művelődési központ

• művelni = to cultivate
• művelődés = "self-cultivation" = reading, attending cultural events etc.
• központ = centre
• művelődési központ = cultural centre

Observe the -i suffix, it makes an adjective of the noun.

If you want to say in Kaptár, it is a Kaptárban. Here we use suffix -ban/ben, which means "in", and choose -ban because of the vowel harmony. 

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főbejárat = main entrance

fő- means main, chief, head, main, principal, first... in structures, which express that something or somebody is in a higher position. 

Examples: 

• főorvos = chief physician
• főmérnök = first engineer
• főigazgató = director-general (note that we also have vezérigazgató, which is also "director-general" or "chief director" or CEO, but suggests a much higher rank than a főigazgató, which is actually "main director"). 

Fő is also used as a synonym of "person", especially when you book a room or make a reservation in a restaurant:

• öt főre or öt fő részére = for five persons

Sometimes we use fő as "the main thing", "the most important thing" too, especially when there was an unpleasant event and you want to say something positive. 

• a fő, hogy... = the main thing is that... 
• a fő, hogy hazaértél = the main thing is that you got home

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"Because of" is miatt in Hungarian. It should be noted that miatt is a postposition, which means that it is placed after the word it governs. In the Hungarian language, we have a lot of postpositions. 

Let's see a few examples:

• a rossz idő miatt = because of the bad weather
• a rossz idő miatt otthon maradtunk = because of the bad weather, we stayed at home

It is not unusual to use miatt when we blame somebody or something for something bad:

• Joe miatt vesztettünk = we lost because of Joe

Another example: 

• egy baleset miatt = because of an accident
• egy baleset miatt lezárták az utat = they closed the road because of an accident

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Megyek dolgozni

Megyek is "I'm going", but also "I go", because we don't have a continuous tense.

Dolgozni is "to work". Note that this is not derived from the Hungarian equivalent of "work" - it's munka.  

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hétfő = Monday

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egyetérteni = to agree

We don't have an auxiliary verb equivalent to "do" in English, therefore questions and negative structures are formed in a different way. 

When we want to ask the other person if they agree or not, we simply conjugate the verb and use an interrogative intonation. If it's a statement like "you agree", egyetértesz, which is a declaration, the intonation is falling. If it is a question: "do you agree?" - we still use the same word, but there is a peak on the syllable -ér-. Egyetértesz?

Note that egyetértesz is informal. If you want to use it in a formal way (doctors, teachers, elderly people etc), it's egyetért.

Vocabulary:

• intelligens = intelligent
• ház = house
• kocsi = carriage, but in colloqual language it also means car
• óra = watch, clocl
• idióta = idiot 

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In a previous video, we discussed that one form of introduction is the ... vagyok structure, where ... is your name. This simply means "I am ...". 

The same structure can be used to express your feelings, emotions etc. For example, you may want to say "I'm happy", this will be boldog vagyok. 

Other examples:

• szomorú vagyok = I'm sad
• jól vagyok = I'm well
• rosszul vagyok = I'm unwell

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• kutya = dog
• fekete macska = black cat
• tehén = cow
• kecske = goat
• disznó / sertés = pig
• három szamár/csacsi = three donkeys

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