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Hungarian grammar

Chapter 69: Exercise XI.
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This work provides a comprehensive overview of the Hungarian language, focusing on its grammar and phonetics. It begins with an introduction to the alphabet, detailing the fourteen distinct vowel characters and their pronunciations, including distinctions between short and long vowels. The text explains the classification of vowels into flats, sharps, and mediates, and discusses the implications of these classifications on word formation and suffix usage. Additionally, it covers the absence of diphthongs in Hungarian and offers insights into compound word formation. The structure is designed to aid learners in understanding the complexities of Hungarian grammar.

CHAPTER XII
INTERJECTIONS

éljen! hurrah!
ejnye! I say! bother!
lám! or nini! there! look!
jaj! oh! (pleased or pained)
rajta! forward!
bezzeg! indeed!
csitt! quiet!
no! well! come!

Exercise XI.

Az egri ütközetben nem a törökök győztek, hanem a magyarok. Nemcsak láttam a királyt, hanem beszélni is hallottam. Mátyás király soha sem haragudott az őszinte szóért, sőt még szerette is. A magyarok sem a latin sem a germán népekkel nem rokonok. Azért jöttem, hogy láthassalak. Habár késő ősz van, a napok derültek. A gazda örül mert kertjének fái sok gyümölcsöt hoztak. Jaj de hideg van! “Oh, ha látná, mily nyomorban élek” (Petőfi). Ejnye de szép lovak!

He is neither handsome nor clever. Not only were they not angry, but they were grateful. If they were rich they would buy a house, but since they are poor they must be content as they are. Pay at once, otherwise there will be trouble. Though you tell me this, yet there is still some uncertainty.

egri, of Eger (a town in Hungary)
ütközet, battle
török, Turk
derült, bright
örülni, to rejoice
nyomor, misery
győzni, to be victorious
hallani, to hear
Mátyás, Matthias
őszinte, sincere
nép, people
rokon, relative
késő, late
ősz, autumn
nap, day
élni, to live
okos, clever
hálás, grateful
megelégedni, to be content
fizetni, to pay
azonnal, at once
baj, trouble
némi, some
bizonytalanság, uncertainty