Hungarian I.

                                              PS2024

                               Teacher: Mgr. Linda Drahošová Opálená

                                 Email: linda.opalena@mail.muni.cz


Dear students,

I would like to welcome you all to our Hungarian I. course and invite you to get familiar with the
syllabus I have created so that you can get better organised and follow your progress with the
subject study according to the corresponding weeks.

General rules:

Time: according to your timetable

Place: your designated classroom; For classroom learning, you will need your materials in
electronic or printed form (as recommended by me in the following point). I do allow the students,
who feel their Hungarian is good enough to pass the exam, only to sit the exam at the end of term,
they do not need to come to the lessons. If you would like to use this option, please inform me via
email.

Materials: Coursebook: MagyarOK1

You have your materials for this semester ready in IS in your Study Materials folder. You do not
have to print them all, but of course you can. I would recommend printing the TK (Tankönyv or
Student Book) and the MF (Munkafüzet or Workbook) materials because you will have to either write
or make notes on these. There is one additional file MF_Megoldókulcs or the Answer Key for your
Workbook (you will use this to check whether your answers are correct or not), but it is not
necessary to print it. There is generally quite a bit of note-taking during the lessons, especially
for translation, pronunciation and grammar points and I find it is easier to do it directly in the
printed sheets, but of course you are free to choose your style. You can also find the listening
tracks in the materials. We are going to use these during the lessons. Another part of the
materials are Glossaries with the obligatory vocabulary (I will tell you more in the first lecture
about how to use these) and a Grammar file in English (you are not required to study all this
grammar, it is the grammar file for the whole book, so no worries, I am sure you will manage 😊).

Requirements: You need to pass the final test of 100 points (you need to receive at least 70 points
to pass the subject)

Study plan according to weeks: It can look quite easy as we manage just one real unit this semester
and we usually do 2-3 pages a week, but do not get fooled, there will be a lot of grammar and
vocabulary and probably a very new language system for most of you to study. Please, do not
underestimate the subject and the time you will need to study.

A useful link for checking the suffixes: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reggel

Week 1

As you were informed by the dean of the Faculty of Arts, due to the extreme weather conditions all
the lectures at the Faculty are cancelled. You can use this week to get your materials ready.

Week 2

1. fejezet (unit) pages 12,13,14

Week 3

TK p. 14,15,16: the vowel and consonant importance in Hungarian, high and low vowels, definite
article; summary of useful phrases and their translation

Week 4

TK p. 18,19: U2: Meetings: greetings and farewells, introductions, verb BE

p. 18/1: make sure you understand the difference TE/ÖN

p. 19/3: the verb LENNI in singular and plural form; make sure you understand why and when we do
not use the verb BE in 3^rd person; study workbook page 6

Week 5

TK p. 20,21,22,23: detailed introductions, verbs to BE, LIVE, SPEAK, STUDY; vocabulary: countries,
nationalities, languages, towns

Make sure you understand the meaning of the following grammar: the forms of verb VAN (lenni),
suffixes -ban/-ben (IN), town + suffix -I (to say you come from a certain town as in Londoni
vagyok=I am from London), language + suffix -UL/-ÜL

-grammar: suffixes -BAN/-BEN; also do the corresponding exercises in your workbook (page 7)

Conjugation of verbs from the 1^st group: workbook (page 9)-study the suffixes.

Week 6

TK p. 22,23: revision, pronunciation: countries, nationalities, languages, towns; Where do you
live? Suffixes -ban/-ben

Make sure you practise the pronunciation of the new vocabulary, the new words + -ban/-ben/-n from
pages 21-23, go to page 7 in your workbook and look at the grammar (make sure you understand when
to use -ban when -ben and when -n).

Week 7

TK p. 24,25: suffixes -ban/-ben, -i, -ul/-ül; verb to KNOW; possessive form: my wife, my husband

p. 24/11: suffix -i (for expressing where you are originally from; here, used with towns), practice
the speaking: Brünnben élek. -És brünni is vagy? (I live in Brno. And do you also come from Brno?);
workbook (page 8)

Note: There are 2 forms for Brno in Hungarian: Brünn/Brno

p. 24/13: suffixes -ul/-ül + languages (beszélek/tanulok/tudok  NYELV + -ul/-ül); practise also in
your workbook (page 8)

p. 25/14a.): study the conjugation of the verb KNOW (look up the plural forms as well); b.): make
sure you understand and memorize the adverbs and practise the speaking as shown in the example)

p. 25/15: Simon and Mariann are husband and wife a.) listen and read b.) listen and write (What
does Mariann say about herself and her husband?)

You can look at the possessive forms in your workbook page 11 (birtokos személyjelek -m, -d): férj
(husband) – férjem (my husband).

p. 25/16: grammar: plural forms of the regular verbs

This is best practised in your workbook on page 9 (szabályos igék/regular verbs), make sure you
memorize the suffixes (it is best done with a verb as an example) and that you understand when to
use them.

Week 8

TK p. 26,27: verbs in plural form

Week 9

It is the reading week. There are no contact classes.

Week 10

TK p. 28-30: numbers 0-million; What time is it? What is your phone number?

Week 11

TK p. 31-33: vocabulary: professions; address, email address; the practice of questions and answers

Week 12

TK p. 34, 35: vocabulary: Me and my family

Week 13

TK p. 36: revision of the unit

Week 14

Final Test