Videos

Willie moved to Hungary from the USA. He will be your tour guide in Leányfalu. 

Coincidentally, his engaging presentation shares brief snapshots of Leányfalu’s past, touching on local facts regarding Attila and the events of 1956 we have previously explored this year.  

Luckily, he drops a few Hungarian expressions, so you get a taste of the language along with your history; consider it your 'starter kit' for surviving a conversation in Leányfalu.

Enjoy!

Tips: 

• Click on CC and change the language at the gear icon
• Re-listen to catch a few words - it gets easier... 

Vocab:

1. cheers - egészségedre 
2. girl - leány (more poetic, old fashion) - lány 
3. village -falu 
4. villager- falusi
5. home - otthon
6. writer - író
7. mustache - bajusz 
8. church - templom 
9. greetings - Good day, good health! ... (literally) - Jó napot, jó egészséget! 
10. school - iskola 
11. king - király
12. hunting trip - vadászat
13. boar - vaddisznó 
14. brick - tégla
15. revolution - forradalom
16. flag with a hole - lyukas zászló
17. heart - szív
18. Pannónia - ancient name for the area west of the Danube occupied by the Romans, later Attila
19. soccer field - foci pálya
20. lemonade - limonádé
21. carbonated - buborékos (colloquial) szénsavas (official)
22. lángos - a Hungarian fried bread based savory favorite, can have a variety of toppings - (originally were baked in the clay baking oven with the bread, hence the name lángos, literally flamy. People ate the flat lángos on the morning of the baking, later the smaller loaves, last the loaves, which often weighed 3-5 kilos.)
23. What would you like? - Mit kérsz?
24. Here you are ...- parancsolj!
25. Cheers! or Here is to you! - Egészségedre! (literally: to your health)
26. purple onions - lila hagyma
27. cheese - sajt
28. sour cream - tejfel

And your reward: 

Hints:

• Short cut: if you really don't want to mess with starting from scratch, get some frozen dinner rolls (dough), let it rise at room temperature, then fry them. It won't quite be the same, but it's a quick fix. 
• For gourmands: If you make it from scratch, chose extremely fine flour, i.e. pizza flour which is powdery grind and has specific protein content (roughly 11–12.5%, more gluten than all-purpose). It creates a dough that stretches easily.

P.S. Cover page is the Gazebo Café in Leányfalu