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Unit 17: Betegség és kórház

Volume 2

Illness and the hospital

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Basic Sentences I

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    Zoltán has a fever. I believe he caught a cold yesterday.

    ZoltánnakZoltán (a man's name)
    lázafever
    van.I'm busy, I've something to do
    Aztit means
    hiszem,I believe
    tegnapyesterday
    megfázott.let me examine him, her, it
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    How often I've told him he shouldn't go out of the house without a coat! In winter it's easy to catch a cold.

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    I'm afraid he has something more serious.

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    Does he have any aches or pains?

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    He has a backache and he was perspiring all night. I told him to stay in bed and keep himself well covered.

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    Should I call the district doctor?

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    Yes, call him. And please phone the school also and tell them that Zoltán is sick.

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    Zoltán has a fever. I believe he caught a cold yesterday.

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    How often I've told him he shouldn't go out of the house without a coat! In winter it's easy to catch a cold.

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    I'm afraid he has something more serious.

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    Does he have any aches or pains?

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    He has a backache and he was perspiring all night. I told him to stay in bed and keep himself well covered.

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    Should I call the district doctor?

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    Yes, call him. And please phone the school also and tell them that Zoltán is sick.

Fáj
hurt, ache
a
back

Basic Sentences II

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    Good morning, doctor. We were waiting anxiously for you to come. My son has a high fever.

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    I hope it's nothing serious. But let's have a look at him. There's an influenza epidemic in the city.

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    Please come this way.

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    Good morning, young man. How are you feeling?

A
doctor
meg
let me examine him, her
Influenza
flu
járvány
epidemic
magát
himself, herself, yourself
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    Not well at all, doctor. I have a pain in my chest.

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    Let's see! Sit up and take your pajama top off. I'll tap your chest and back.

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    I'm dizzy, doctor. I'm very sick.

a
neck
pizsama
pajamas
rosszul
badly, poorly, ill
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    We'll be ready in a moment. Take a deep breath! Cough! Now open your mouth so that I can examine your throat.

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    It hurts.

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    Of course it hurts. It's very inflamed. Let's take your temperature now.

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    Does he have a high fever?

Rögtön
in a moment, at once
lázat
to take the temperature
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    Yes, he has a rather high temperature - 40 degrees. I'm afraid he has pneumonia.

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    Goodness gracious! That's a serious illness!

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    Don't get frightened. Nowadays it isn't so serious; we have good medicines. But I'll send him to the hospital.

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    I'd rather have him at home. I'd look after him.

fok
degree
kórházba
to hospitalize
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    No. It's important for him to go to the hospital as soon as possible because he'll get better care there.

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    And until then, what shall I give him?

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    Here's some medicine. Give him a pill every two hours.

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    Good morning, doctor. We were waiting anxiously for you to come. My son has a high fever.

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    I hope it's nothing serious. But let's have a look at him. There's an influenza epidemic in the city.

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    Please come this way.

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    Good morning, young man. How are you feeling?

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    Not well at all, doctor. I have a pain in my chest.

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    Let's see! Sit up and take your pajama top off. I'll tap your chest and back.

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    I'm dizzy, doctor. I'm very sick.

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    We'll be ready in a moment. Take a deep breath! Cough! Now open your mouth so that I can examine your throat.

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    It hurts.

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    Of course it hurts. It's very inflamed. Let's take your temperature now.

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    Does he have a high fever?

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    Yes, he has a rather high temperature - 40 degrees. I'm afraid he has pneumonia.

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    Goodness gracious! That's a serious illness!

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    Don't get frightened. Nowadays it isn't so serious; we have good medicines. But I'll send him to the hospital.

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    I'd rather have him at home. I'd look after him.

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    No. It's important for him to go to the hospital as soon as possible because he'll get better care there.

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    And until then, what shall I give him?

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    Here's some medicine. Give him a pill every two hours.

Fontos
important
mielőbb
as soon as possible

Basic Sentences III

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    Your temperature is already a little lower. How do you feel?

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    Thank you, much better.

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    Stay in bed a few more days and rest.

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    May I read?

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    Read if you want to, but don't do anything that might tire you.

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    The nurse mentioned that they'll be taking an X-ray tomorrow.

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    Yes. I've already told them to take you down to the X-ray room.

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    At what time should we be there?

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    You should be there at nine.

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    Your temperature is already a little lower. How do you feel?

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    Thank you, much better.

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    Stay in bed a few more days and rest.

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    May I read?

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    Read if you want to, but don't do anything that might tire you.

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    The nurse mentioned that they'll be taking an X-ray tomorrow.

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    Yes. I've already told them to take you down to the X-ray room.

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    At what time should we be there?

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    You should be there at nine.

Basic Sentences IV

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    Hello, Mr. Kelemen. How do you feel?

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    Not well. I'm very sick. I have a stomachache.

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    What's the matter with you?

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    I have an ulcer. They operated on me day before yesterday.

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    I hope you'll be feeling better soon. How's your appetite?

hamarosan
before long, shortly
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    All right but I'm on a strict diet. The doctor told me that for a long time I shouldn't eat anything rich. I'm getting only liquids now.

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    How long do you have to stay in the hospital?

sokáig
for long
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    According to the surgeon it'll take at least two weeks for the wound to heal. I'm sure they'll keep me here until then.

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    That little boy in the corner appears to be suffering very much. Do you know what's wrong with him?

sebész
surgeon
legalább
at least
szükséges
necessary
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    He was badly hurt in a car accident.

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    I see he's getting a transfusion.

súlyosan
seriously
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    Yes. He was unconscious for several days. I believe he had a brain concussion. One of his legs is broken, too. It's in a plaster cast now.

eszméletlen
unconscious
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    Poor child. But I've got to go now. I just wanted to see you before going home. I'm feeling all right again, and they're letting me go home tomorrow.

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    Thank you for your visit.

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    Get well as soon as possible.

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    Hello, Mr. Kelemen. How do you feel?

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    Not well. I'm very sick. I have a stomachache.

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    What's the matter with you?

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    I have an ulcer. They operated on me day before yesterday.

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    I hope you'll be feeling better soon. How's your appetite?

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    All right but I'm on a strict diet. The doctor told me that for a long time I shouldn't eat anything rich. I'm getting only liquids now.

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    How long do you have to stay in the hospital?

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    According to the surgeon it'll take at least two weeks for the wound to heal. I'm sure they'll keep me here until then.

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    That little boy in the corner appears to be suffering very much. Do you know what's wrong with him?

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    He was badly hurt in a car accident.

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    I see he's getting a transfusion.

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    Yes. He was unconscious for several days. I believe he had a brain concussion. One of his legs is broken, too. It's in a plaster cast now.

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    Poor child. But I've got to go now. I just wanted to see you before going home. I'm feeling all right again, and they're letting me go home tomorrow.

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    Thank you for your visit.

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    Get well as soon as possible.

mielőtt
before

Közmondások - Proverbs

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    Time is money.

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    One tree does not make a forest.

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    More eyes see more.

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    Each person must live with the results of what he has done.

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    The right hand does not know what the left is doing.

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    Even the walls have ears.

Notes on Grammar: Forms of the Subjunctive

Rest: a command with -j-

Pár napig még ne keljen fel. Pihenjen. Stay in bed a few more days and rest.

Pihenjen, 'rest', is a command. The subjunctive is the verb form marked by -j-. Hungarian makes commands with it.

The personal ending follows the -j-. És addig, mit adjak neki? And until then, what shall I give him? Adjak is 'shall I give'.

When the -j- changes

Most nyissa ki a száját. Now open your mouth. Nyissa comes from nyitni, but it has no j.

The j has changed by assimilation: a sound changes to match the sound next to it. After s, sz, z and dz, the j becomes that consonant: olvass-, ússz-, nézz-, eddz-.

After t, the result is ss when a short vowel comes before the t: nyissa, köss-. After a long vowel, or a consonant other than s or sz, it is ts: taníts-, tölts-. Lát and bocsát take ss: láss-.

Definite, indefinite and irregular

Vizsgálja meg! Examine him. The subjunctive has indefinite and definite forms: írjak, írjam.

The second person singular has a short form and a long one: írj, írjál, írd, írjad.

A few verbs are irregular: egyek, igyak, vegyek, vigyek, legyek, higgyek. Beside jöjj there is gyere.

The tables show what -j- becomes after each stem ending, then the forms of regular verbs, of jöjjek and menjek, and of the irregular verbs.

Forms of the Subjunctive, 1 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 2 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 3 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 4 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 5 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 6 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 7 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 8 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 9 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 10 of 11

Forms of the Subjunctive, 11 of 11

Irregular subjunctives, 1 of 4

Irregular subjunctives, 2 of 4

Irregular subjunctives, 3 of 4

Irregular subjunctives, 4 of 4

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    Don't go!

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    What should I give?

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    Examine him!

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    Let's take the temperature.

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    Don't do anything!

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    Don't get up, rest!

A. Forms of the Subjunctive

Ne menjen!
Mit adjak?
Vizsgálja meg!
Mérjük meg a lázat.
Ne csináljon semmit!
Ne keljen fel, pihenjen!

The forms corresponding to the English imperative (such as 'go!', 'wash yourself!') are one use of the Hungarian subjunctive (as it is traditionally called). As the above forms illustrate, -j- is a characteristic sign of the subjunctive. This -j- is, however, assimilated after a sibilant or t. Accordingly, note in the table below that when the stem of the verb ends in a sibilant or t, and when j is added, the following assimilations take place:

If stem ends in: | the combination: | results in: | Examples:
-s | s plus j | ss | olvas : olvass-
-st | s plus j | ss | fest : fess-
short vowel plus -t, and lát, bocsát | t plus j | ss | köt : köss-
vezet : vezess-
lát : láss-
bocsát : bocsáss-
-tsz | tsz plus j | tssz | játszik : játssz-
 |  | ss or tssz | tetszik : tess- (tetssz-)
látszik : láss- (látssz-)
metsz : mess- (metssz-)
long vowel plus -t (ex. lát, bocsát) | t plus j | ts | tanít : taníts-
consonant (ex. -s, -sz) plus -t | t plus j | ts | tölt : tölts-
-sz (ex. -tsz) | sz plus j | ssz | úszik : ússz-
-szt | szt plus j | ssz | halaszt : halassz-
-dz | dz plus j | ddz | edz : eddz-
-z (ex. -dz-) | z plus j | zz | néz : nézz-

Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite
írjak | írjam | kérjek | kérjem
írj, írjál | írd, írjad | kérj, kérjél | kérd, kérjed
írjon | írja | kérjen | kérje
írjunk | írjuk | kérjünk | kérjük
írjatok | írjátok | kérjetek | kérjétek
írjanak | írják | kérjenek | kérjék
mossak | mossam | fessek | fessem
moss, mossál | mosd, mossad | fess, fessél | fesd, fessed
mosson | mossa | fessen | fesse
mossunk | mossuk | fessünk | fessük
mossatok | mossátok | fessetek | fessétek
mossanak | mossák | fessenek | fessék
lássak | lássam | kössek | kössem
láss, lássál | lásd, lássad | köss, kössél | kösd, kössed
lásson | lássa | kössön | kösse
lássunk | lássuk | kössünk | kössük
lássatok | lássátok | kössetek | kössétek
lássanak | lássák | kössenek | kössék

Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite
hozzak | hozzam | eddzek | eddzem
hozz, hozzál | hozd, hozzad | eddz, eddzél | edzd, eddzed
hozzon | hozza | eddzen | eddze
hozzunk | hozzuk | eddzünk | eddzük
hozzatok | hozzátok | eddzetek | eddzétek
hozzanak | hozzák | eddzenek | eddzék
halasszak | halasszam | tanítsak | tanítsam
halassz, halasszál | halaszd, halasszad | taníts, tanítsál | tanítsd, tanítsad
halasszon | halassza | tanítson | tanítsa
halasszunk | halasszuk | tanítsunk | tanítsuk
halasszatok | halasszátok | tanítsatok | tanítsátok
halasszanak | halasszák | tanítsanak | tanítsák

(Intransitive) | (Intransitive)
jöjjek | menjek
jöjj, jöjjél (or: gyere) | menj, menjél
jöjjön | menjen
jöjjünk | menjünk (or: gyerünk)
jöjjetek (or: gyertek) | menjetek
jöjjenek | menjenek

IRREGULAR SUBJUNCTIVES
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite
egyem, egyek | egyem | igyam, igyak | igyam
egyél | edd, egyed | igyál | idd, igyad
egyen, egyék | egye | igyon, igyék | igya
együnk | együk | igyunk | igyuk
egyetek | egyétek | igyatok | igyátok
egyenek | egyék | igyanak | igyák
vegyek | vegyem | vigyek | vigyem
végy, vegyél | vedd, vegyed | vigyél, vígy | vidd, vigyed
vegyen | vegye | vigyen | vigye
vegyünk | vegyük | vigyünk | vigyük
vegyetek | vegyétek | vigyetek | vigyétek
vegyenek | vegyék | vigyenek | vigyék
legyek |  | higgyek | higgyem
légy, legyél |  | higgy, higgyél | hidd, higgyed
legyen |  | higgyen | higgye
legyünk |  | higgyünk | higgyük
legyetek |  | higgyetek | higgyétek
legyenek |  | higgyenek | higgyék

Notes on Grammar: Uses of the Subjunctive

Let's, may, should

Most mérjük meg a lázat. Let's take your temperature now.

In a main clause the subjunctive is mostly a command. It also says 'let's' and 'may': Együnk, let's eat. Isten áldja meg, may God bless you.

It states what should be done: Tízkor legyen ott. You should be there at ten. This use is most common in questions. Elhívjam a körzeti orvost? Should I call the district doctor?

After hogy

Fontos, hogy mielőbb a kórházba menjen. It's important for him to go to the hospital as soon as possible.

In a clause with hogy, the subjunctive follows verbs of command, wish and forbidding. It also follows phrases of possibility, importance and necessity: Lehetetlen, hogy megtanuljam. It's impossible for me to learn it.

Hogy with the subjunctive also states a purpose, 'so that': Most nyissa ki a száját, hogy megnézzem a torkát. Now open your mouth so that I can examine your throat.

I want him to go

Azt akarom, hogy menjen. I want him to go.

English uses an infinitive with its own subject: him to go. Hungarian uses a hogy clause with the subjunctive.

When the subject of both verbs is the same, Hungarian has the infinitive, as English does. Menni akar. He wants to go.

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    I want you to see it.

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    It's impossible for me to learn it.

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    He won't let me go.

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    We eat so that we may live.

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    Be quiet so that the child can study.

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    He works in order to support his family.

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    I want him to go.

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    They told us to see it.

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    He wants to go.

B. Uses of the Subjunctive

The subjunctive in Hungarian may be used in both independent and dependent clauses. In independent clauses it is limited mostly to the imperative usage, but may be employed as in English to include patterns such as Isten áldja meg 'May God bless you' Nyugodjon békében 'May he rest in peace' and Csak essen 'Let the rain come down' Együnk 'Let's eat'.

It is also frequently used to express obligation, indefiniteness, and uncertainty, Tízkor legyen ott 'You should be there at ten'. This usage occurs most commonly in the interrogative Oda menjek holnap? 'Shall I go there tomorrow?' Eljöjjön? 'Should he come?'.

In dependent noun clauses (those introduced by the word hogy) the subjunctive is used after verbs indicating command, wish, and forbidding, and after impersonal expressions indicating possibility, importance and necessity. It is also used in purpose clauses, that is, when hogy denotes 'in order that', 'so that':

Kérem, hogy nézze meg.  I want you to see it.
Lehetetlen, hogy megtanuljam.  It's impossible for me to learn it.
Nem engedi meg, hogy elmenjek.  He won't let me go.
Azért eszünk, hogy éljünk.  We eat so that we may live.
Hallgasson, hogy a gyerek tanulhasson.  Be quiet so that the child can study.
Azért dolgozik, hogy a családját eltartsa.  He works in order to support his family.

Note in the sentences below that the English infinitive constructions, where the subject of the infinitive is not the same as the subject of the sentence, correspond to a subordinate clause in Hungarian:

Azt akarom, hogy menjen.  I want him to go.
Mondták, hogy nézzük meg.  They told us to see it.

But:

Menni akar.  He wants to go.

Notes on Grammar: The Negative of the Subjunctive

Ne, not nem

Ne ijedjen meg. Don't get frightened.

Before a subjunctive the negative is always ne or se, never nem or sem.

Ne beszéljenek angolul. Don't speak English. Maga se menjen el. Don't you go either. Vigyázzon, hogy el ne essen. Be careful not to fall.

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    Don't you go either.

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    Be careful not to fall.

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    Don't speak English.

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    Don't anybody jump off the streetcar.

C. The Negative of the Subjunctive

Maga se menjen el.  Don't you go either.
Vigyázzon, hogy el ne essen.  Be careful not to fall.
Ne beszéljenek angolul.  Don't speak English.
Senki se ugorjon le a villamosról.  Don't anybody jump off the streetcar.

As the above sentences indicate, the negative before a subjunctive form is always ne or se (never nem or sem).

Notes on Grammar: Verb Prefix Position in the Imperative Use of the Subjunctive and Sequence of Tenses with the Subjunctive

Sit up: the prefix after the verb

Üljön fel és vegye le a pizsama kabátot. Sit up and take your pajama top off.

In an ordinary command, the prefix follows the verb: üljön fel, vegye le. This is the most common order.

In the negative, ne or se comes first, then the verb, then the prefix. Ne álljon fel! Don't get up.

A stressed command: the prefix first

Megállj! Stop. When the verb or its prefix is stressed, the prefix comes first and is written as one word with the verb.

In a stressed negative the order is prefix, ne, verb. Meg ne állj! Don't stop. El ne menj innen! Don't go away from here.

The table pairs each command with its negative. The last three rows are in the stressed order.

Verb Prefix Position in the Imperative Use of the Subjunctive

Only a present tense

Azt mondja, hogy menjek el. He tells me to go. Azt mondta, hogy menjek el. He told me to go.

The subjunctive has only a present tense. After a past verb, as after a present one, it stays the same: menjek.

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    He tells me to go.

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    He told me to go.

D. Verb Prefix Position in the Imperative Use of the Subjunctive

Word order in the imperative of prefixed verbs depends on the degree of emphasis. If the command is not a strong one, the affirmative imperative consists of the main part of the verb followed by the prefix; the negative consists of ne (or se) plus main part of verb plus prefix. (This is the order most commonly used.) However, when the verb or its prefix is stressed, in the affirmative imperative the prefix precedes the main part of the verb (and in the written form combines with it to form a single word); in the emphatic negative imperative, the word order is: prefix plus ne (or se) plus main part of verb.

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Álljon fel! | Ne álljon fel!
Üljenek le! | Ne üljenek le!
Várjanak meg! | Ne várjanak meg!
Megállj! | Meg ne állj!
Elmenj innen! | El ne menj innen!
Megkérdezze, hogy jön-e. | Meg ne kérdezze, hogy jön-e.
E. Sequence of Tenses with the Subjunctive

Since the subjunctive in Hungarian is limited in form to the present tense, there is no problem concerning sequence of tenses: where a subjunctive form is called for, it will necessarily be in the present tense:

Azt mondja, hogy menjek el.  He tells me to go.
Azt mondta, hogy menjek el.  He told me to go.

Notes on Grammar: Hungarian Constructions Corresponding to English 'Let'

Let's and let me

Kérdezzük meg, hogy mit csinál. Let's ask what he is doing.

Hungarian says English 'let' in three ways. For 'let's', the subjunctive alone, in the first person plural: Menjünk aludni. Let's go to sleep.

Hadd, which never changes, goes with the subjunctive in the first and third persons. Hadd vizsgáljam meg. Let me examine him. Hadd menjenek el a katonák. Let the soldiers go.

Engedni: let as permission

Engedje elmenni a gyerekeket. Let the children go.

The command form of engedni, 'to let', is used mainly to emphasize permission. An infinitive follows it, or hogy with the subjunctive.

Engedjék meg, hogy itt maradjak. Let me stay here.

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    Let's go to sleep.

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    Let's ask what he's doing.

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    Let him look at the child.

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    Let the soldiers leave.

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    Let's buy the car.

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    Let the children leave.

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    Please allow me to stay here.

F. Hungarian Constructions Corresponding to English 'Let'

English expressions beginning with 'let' may be rendered in Hungarian in three ways: 1) the subjunctive form of the verb indicating action (limited to first plural) 2) the uninflected command form hadd plus the subjunctive form of verb (used only in the first and third persons singular and plural); 3) the imperative of engedni, followed by the infinitive construction or hogy plus the subjunctive of the verb. (Engedni is used mainly to emphasize the idea of permission.)

Menjünk aludni.
Kérdezzük meg, hogy mit csinál.

Hadd nézze meg a gyereket.
Hadd menjenek el a katonák.
Hadd vegyük meg a kocsit.

Engedje elmenni a gyerekeket.
Engedjék meg, hogy itt maradjak.

Notes on Grammar: Polite Requests with Tessék

Please, with tessék

Tessék erre jönni. Please come this way.

A polite request can be tessék with the infinitive. Tessék helyet foglalni. Please take a seat.

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    Please sit down.

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    Please work.

G. Polite Requests with Tessék

In sentences like the following (which correspond to polite imperative or request forms in English), note that the infinitive is used with tessék:

Tessék helyet foglalni.
Tessék dolgozni.

Substitution Drill

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    Should (shall) I give a book?

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    Please hurry!

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    Please hurry!

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    Please help!

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    Let's skate!

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    Let's skate!

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    Let him sing!

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    Why should I help?

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    Why should I help?

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    Don't buy anything!

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    I'll tell you what we should bring.

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    Don't go!

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    Buy what you want.

  1. 148

    Buy what you want.

  2. 149

    Don't take the book away.

  3. 150

    Do you want me to learn it?

  1. 151

    Do you want me to learn it?

  2. 152

    It's important for him to go to the hospital.

  3. 153

    It'll take two weeks for me to buy it.

Variation Drill

  1. 154

    Don't talk much.

  2. 155

    Speak in Hungarian.

  3. 156

    Eat (the) supper.

  1. 157

    Eat (the) supper.

  2. 158

    Learn the Hungarian poem.

  3. 159

    Shall I close the window?

  4. 160

    What time should I start?

  1. 161

    What time should I start?

  2. 162

    Let's go to the movie.

  3. 163

    Should we buy the house?

  4. 164

    Don't get up!

  1. 165

    Don't get up!

  2. 166

    Read that book.

  3. 167

    I told him not to go out without a coat.

  4. 168

    The doctor told me not to get up yet.

  1. 169

    The doctor told me not to get up yet.

  2. 170

    The state wants us to work.

  3. 171

    I told them to take you down to the X-ray room.

  4. 172

    It's important for him to go to the hospital.

  1. 173

    It's important for him to go to the hospital.

  2. 174

    It's necessary that I go.

  3. 175

    Open your mouth so that I can take a look at your throat.

  4. 176

    Who is that blue-eyed girl?

  1. 177

    Who is that blue-eyed girl?

Transformation Drill

  1. 178

    Írok egy levelet.

    I'm writing a letter.

  2. 179

    A gyerek bejön a házba.

    The child is coming into the house.

  1. 180

    A gyerek bejön a házba.

    The child is coming into the house.

  2. 181

    Jól betakarózunk.

    We cover ourselves up well.

  1. 182

    Jól betakarózunk.

    We cover ourselves up well.

  2. 183

    Nem isszák meg a bort.

    They don't drink the wine.

  1. 184

    Nem isszák meg a bort.

    They don't drink the wine.

  2. 185

    Nem főzte meg a vacsorát.

    She didn't cook the supper.

  1. 186

    Nem vettem meg a ruhát.

    I didn't buy the dress.

  2. 187

    Nem nézték meg a várost.

    They didn't look at the city.

  1. 188

    Siessen, mert késő van.

    Hurry, because it's late.

  2. 189

    Várjanak!

    Wait!

  1. 190

    Várjanak!

    Wait!

  2. 191

    Menjenek a folyosó végére! (Hova?)

    Go to the end of the hall! (Where to?)

  3. 192

    Tessék helyet foglalni.

    Please sit down.

  1. 193

    Tessék helyet foglalni.

    Please sit down.

  2. 194

    Tessék dolgozni.

    Please work.

  1. 195

    Tessék dolgozni.

    Please work.

  2. 196

    A gyerek szeretne elmenni.

    The child would like to leave.

  3. 197

    A gyerekek szeretnének elmenni.

    The children would like to leave.

  1. 198

    A gyerekek szeretnének elmenni.

    The children would like to leave.

Translation Drill

  1. 199

    Kelemen was sick for two days.

  2. 200

    He had a fever and a stomach ache.

  3. 201

    His wife told him not to eat meat.

  4. 202

    He had trouble with his stomach two years ago.

  5. 203

    At that time the doctor examined him but didn't find any serious trouble.

  6. 204

    But he recommended that he should not eat anything heavy.

  7. 205

    He asked him to always eat and drink only a small quantity.

  8. 206

    He gave him medicine and told him to take some every morning and evening.

  9. 207

    Kelemen did everything that the doctor told him.

  10. 208

    But now he was sick again.

  11. 209

    Kelemen told his wife to call the doctor at once.

  12. 210

    Mrs. Kelemen asked the doctor to come as soon as possible.

  13. 211

    At 3 in the afternoon the district doctor arrived.

  1. 212

    He already knew Kelemen.

  2. 213

    'How do you feel, my dear friend?' the doctor asked.

  3. 214

    'I'm very sick,' Kelemen said; 'I have some terrible pains'.

  4. 215

    Lie still; let me examine you.

  5. 216

    I'll take your temperature now.

  6. 217

    You have a high fever, 39 degrees.

  7. 218

    Please bring me a glass of water and a spoon, Madam.

  8. 219

    I want to have a look at his throat.

  9. 220

    There's nothing wrong with your throat.

  10. 221

    Show me where your stomach hurts.

  11. 222

    We'll have to operate on your stomach. I'll send you to one of the hospitals.

  12. 223

    Don't eat anything until tomorrow morning.

  13. 224

    Take this medicine and stay in bed.

  1. 225

    Kelemen was operated on on Thursday.

  2. 226

    The operation lasted for two hours.

  3. 227

    Afterwards he was unconscious for several hours.

  4. 228

    But the following day he was already feeling better.

  5. 229

    In the room where Kelemen was there were three other people.

  6. 230

    One of them, the oldest one, had heart trouble.

  7. 231

    The other one had cancer and had just been operated on.

  8. 232

    The third, a young workman, had been badly hurt in a car accident.

  9. 233

    His arm, leg, and a few of his ribs were broken.

  10. 234

    This man received a transfusion yesterday.

  11. 235

    Kelemen's incision ('wound') healed after two weeks.

  12. 236

    The head physician told him that they'd let him go home after a few days.

  13. 237

    Kelemen was very happy that he was well again.

  14. 238

    But he didn't eat anything rich anymore.

Response Drill

  1. 239

    What was wrong with Zoltán?

  2. 240

    What did his father say to him?

  3. 241

    Why did Zoltán catch a cold?

  4. 242

    Did he have any aches or pains too?

  5. 243

    What hurt?

  6. 244

    What did he do all night?

  7. 245

    Whom did Zoltán's father call?

  8. 246

    What did the doctor do?

  9. 247

    Why was Zoltán cold?

  1. 248

    Was Zoltán's throat red?

  2. 249

    Did the doctor take Zoltán's temperature?

  3. 250

    How many degrees of fever did Zoltán have?

  4. 251

    What did the doctor say was wrong with Zoltán?

  5. 252

    Where did he send Zoltán to be admitted?

  6. 253

    Why did he send Zoltán to the hospital?

  7. 254

    What did they give Zoltán in the hospital?

  8. 255

    How long was Zoltán sick?

  9. 256

    What did they do when he was already better?

  1. 257

    Who lay in the same hospital?

  2. 258

    What did Zoltán do when they were already letting him get up?

  3. 259

    What was wrong with his friend?

  4. 260

    When was his friend operated on?

  5. 261

    How much time did the doctor say was necessary for the wound to heal?

  6. 262

    Did his friend Kelemen have an appetite?

  7. 263

    Did they give him anything to eat after the operation?

  8. 264

    What was he not allowed to eat for a long time?

  9. 265

    Was he suffering very much?

  1. 266

    What happened to the little boy who lay in the corner?

  2. 267

    What was broken?

  3. 268

    What were they giving the little boy just then?

  4. 269

    Have you, or has anyone in your family, ever been in a hospital?

  5. 270

    What was wrong?

  6. 271

    Did he or she have to stay long in the hospital?

  7. 272

    Was he or she operated on?

  8. 273

    Did the hospital cost a lot?

  9. 274

    Did a lot have to be paid to the doctor?

  1. 275

    Does an illness cost a lot in America?

  2. 276

    What are the hospitals like in America?

  3. 277

    Are there enough doctors and hospitals in America?

  4. 278

    Is there a lot of heart trouble in America?

Conversation Practice 1

  1. 279

    I see you've caught a cold!

  2. 280

    In winter it's easy to catch a cold.

  3. 281

    Do you have a fever too?

  4. 282

    No, but I have a headache. I think I have a little flu.

  5. 283

    Have you been to a doctor yet?

  6. 284

    I want to go to my district doctor this afternoon.

  7. 285

    The doctor will examine you and give you some medicine.

  8. 286

    I hope there's nothing seriously wrong with me.

Conversation Practice 2

  1. 287

    My chest hurts, doctor, and I was perspiring all night.

  2. 288

    I'll examine you. Take your coat off.

  3. 289

    It's chilly in here. I'm cold without a coat.

  4. 290

    I'll close the window in a moment. Now cough. Take a deep breath.

  5. 291

    My throat hurts a little too.

  6. 292

    Yes, it's rather red. I'll give you some medicine.

  7. 293

    Is it something serious, doctor?

  8. 294

    No, just the flu. Take the medicine in the evening and stay in bed tomorrow.

Conversation Practice 3

  1. 295

    When were you operated on?

  2. 296

    Day before yesterday in the morning.

  3. 297

    Are you allowed to eat yet?

  4. 298

    Not much. They mainly give me only liquids.

  5. 299

    How long do you have to stay on a diet?

  6. 300

    The doctor told me not to eat anything rich for at least two months.

  7. 301

    How long will you stay in the hospital?

  8. 302

    At least three more weeks, until the wound heals.

  9. 303

    Do you know what's wrong with that boy in the corner?

  10. 304

    He was hurt in a car accident.

  11. 305

    I see his leg is in a plaster cast!

  12. 306

    Yes, he broke one of his legs and a few ribs.

Narrative

  1. 307

    In Hungary the state insures people against illness.

  2. 308

    When someone becomes sick, the district doctor treats him.

  3. 309

    The district doctor is an employee of the state, and the patients pay him nothing.

  4. 310

    The state maintains the hospitals and pays the doctors and the nurses.

  5. 311

    If someone has something seriously wrong, the district doctor sends him to the hospital.

  6. 312

    Sick people go to the district doctor's office.

  7. 313

    Those who are seriously ill and can't go to the doctor's office call the doctor to their homes.

  8. 314

    The doctor examines them at home.

  9. 315

    If the illness isn't serious, the doctor treats the patient at home and prescribes a medicine for the patient to take.

  10. 316

    The patient pays not the whole price of the medicine, but only 15 to 20 percent of it.

  11. 317

    The state pays the rest.

  12. 318

    In many other European countries too the state insures people.

  13. 319

    In Hungary social insurance was set up a very long time ago.

  14. 320

    Even before the Second World War there was a state insurance institute for state employees and factory workers.

  15. 321

    But not everyone belonged to the insurance institute.

  16. 322

    Those who were not members of the institute had to pay the doctor and the hospital.

  17. 323

    Today the state insures everyone against illness.

  18. 324

    But of course, it takes the money for this out of people's pockets.

  19. 325

    Everyone who works has to pay for the insurance.

  20. 326

    The insurance is deducted from everyone's pay.

  1. 327

    Doctors are allowed to work only in state hospitals.

  2. 328

    In many villages and small towns there are few doctors.

  3. 329

    In the big cities, especially in Budapest, there are enough doctors.

  4. 330

    This is because the young doctors all want to work in Budapest after the university.

  5. 331

    In the country the district doctors have to travel a lot between the farms.

  6. 332

    Hospitals and clinics are mostly in big cities.

  7. 333

    Most hospitals are, of course, in Budapest.

  8. 334

    In the cities there is also an ambulance service.

  9. 335

    If an accident happens somewhere, the ambulance takes the people who were hurt to the hospital.

  10. 336

    There they are given first aid.

  11. 337

    If necessary, they are operated on and cared for until they recover.

The particulars

The course
Foreign Service Institute, Hungarian Basic Course, Washington, 1962. Public domain. The teaching pages, the glosses and the narration of lines the tape lacks are ours.
Reading aloud
Digital narration, directed by 1732 Studios.
The book
Gulliver’s Fifth and Sixth Voyages, the work this course leads to, free to read here.
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