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Hungarian
Oct 24, 2023
Nagyon jó volt veled beszélni! A témák nagyon jók voltak! Remélem hamarosan megint beszélünk!
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Architect from the Netherlands
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Lesson history
| Last month | Last 3 months | All time | |
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| Completed lessons | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Attendance rate | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Activities
- If it’s an adverb (meaning maybe/possibly), it does not change according to gender. In this case it’s always možná. Možná je vysoký = Maybe he is tall. Ona je možná vyšší = Maybe she is taller. If it’s an adjective (meaning possible), it does change according to gender and cases. Možný, možná, možné, or možní for the nominative and other forms for the other cases. Je to možné = It is possible. Možná příčina = A possible cause (of something). Možný důvod = A possible reason.0 votedFebruary 1, 20211
- I am very upset about it. I found awesome language partners for Hungarian, Spanish, and Romanian on italki. A much better result than on other language exchange websites. I was mostly interested in language exchange even though I had some paid lessons as well. I feel that the best feature of the website was sacrificed to protect a number of users from harrassment. But this could be done in a different way, for example by letting users opt-out from language exchange search (be invisible for others) whenever they want. Furthermore, if users now go looking for language partners on apps like Tandem, they will be subject to much more harrassment. A silly and irresponsible move by italki. And it’s not the only issue, I repeatedly complained about the mobile website’s poor functionality compared to the original website (a few years ago). Nothing was improved. In the end, they made this useless new community without essential features. What a joke!0 votedSeptember 1, 20200
- When I listen to Danish podcasts, the main problem is that so many letters and syllables are not pronounced, words blend together, some words have a very surprising and counterintuitive pronunciation and the intonation often causes even more confusion and distraction. Basically you need to get familiar with each word AND its exact pronunciation to be able to identify it in spoken language.One of my native languages is Dutch and although closely related to Danish, it only helps me to understand written Danish. We would pronounce literally every Danish word differently. So the trick really is to be able to see the written word and its spoken counterpart separately and to focus mainly on the spoken word when listening.I can see good progress in my Danish listening skills in the last few weeks, so I can recommend a lot of listening practice parallel to vocabulary building.0 votedJuly 28, 20200
- In Czech, if I were to say what day it is today, I would be a bit more likely to say “the eleventh of the seventh” than “the eleventh of July”. So in Czech, we do link the months very much to their numbers. In Dutch, my other native language, this construction also exists (for example “the eleventh of the eleventh” is the day the Carnival season starts and it is never referred to as “the 11 of November”). But it is less commonly used than in Czech.In both languages we don’t link days of the week to numbers.0 votedJuly 11, 20200
- It depends very much on the dedication and discipline of both language partners. My experience is that if you are really willing to do language exchange - to invest your time and be a reliable and helpful partner, you will find long-term language exchange in about 1/20 cases of the people you contact.However, anyone who is a total beginner in a language, or who is not a very independent learner, should look for a tutor or teacher instead. If you can’t keep teaching and learning in balance in a language exchange (for example too shy to speak in your target language so you don’t dare to practice your skills), you also need a teacher so that you get to practice YOUR skills.People generally want to learn without paying anything for it, which is why so many are looking for free language exchange. But not willing to pay anything in most cases also implies that the student is not dedicated enough to set up a successful exchange.0 votedJuly 11, 20200
- In Czech, the word "shánět" means to look for something, but with a considerable effort involved in order to get hold of it. For example, if you are looking for a product in this way, you might have to visit many different shops, have good personal connections, or bribe someone in order to obtain the product. It was common before 1989 that people had to "shánět" premium products or even basic ones in case there was a shortage. Nowadays, people use the word all the time, even if they don't have to put that much effort into searching.0 votedJune 22, 20200
- In my opinion, it doesn't really matter what you write about, because it's mostly a mental exercise for your own benefit. It's not about entertaining others. It's about learning from mistakes and gathering information about the use of the language when your text is corrected by a native speaker.It may be good to stick to somewhat objective or tangible topics, like describing your hometown, describing something you experienced recently, or describing a hobby or passion. If the topic gets too complicated from an intellectual point of view, writing about it in a foreign language on A2-B1 level will be too exhausting.Also, don't make sentences too long and complicated. Get the structure of simple sentences right before moving on to longer ones. In this way, it is also easier for the one who corrects the text to point out errors and possible improvements.0 votedJune 7, 20200
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