Hungary Where do we live A persistent rumor

Hungary

Where do we live? “A persistent rumor circulates in the USA: There are two intelligent races living on the surface of planet Earth: the standard people and the Hungarians. ” Isaac Asimov e w e r He are

Basic geography Ø Located in Central Europe Ø Area: 93 030 km² Ø Climate: Continental Ø Highest spot: Kékes, 1014 m Ø Lowest spot: Tiszasziget, 77, 6 m Ø Biggest lake: Lake Balaton, 592 km² Ø Longest river: River Duna, 417 km in Hungary

About Hungarian language o Alphabet 44 letters o Rich vocabulary More than 1 million words o Melodic languane No consonant congestion Clear forming (vocalization) o Lots of idioms • "Nem kolbászból van a kerítés" "The fence is not made from sausage" o Some words have more than one meaning • Dob: 1. drum 2. to throw • Sír: 1. to cry 2. grave • Toll: 1. pen 2. feather

World heritage

Traditional Hungarian dishes Goulash (gulyás) • Basically a spicy meat soup • Between soup and stew, with beef, carrot, potato, spices and the typical paprika. • Almost each region has its own variety of goulash.

Traditional Hungarian dishes Lángos • A deep-fried flat bread • Endless varieties of toppings: • Garlic sauce • Cheese • Tejföl (sour cream) • Bacon

Traditional Hungarian dishes Töltött Káposzta (stuffed cabbage) • Cooked cabbage (mostly pickled) filled with pork mince, mixed rice and flavored with the unmissable paprika, pepper and tejföl. • It is a typical dish around Easter and Christmas time.

Traditional Hungarian dishes Palacsinta • Thin pancakes, rolled up and usually sprinkled with powdered sugar. • Vide range of fillings: • Jams • Puddings

Traditional Hungarian dishes Dobos torte (Dobostorta) • Sponge cake layered with chocolate buttercream and topped with caramel. • The founder, Dobos József kept his recipe secret until his retirement, although now dobos torte has many more variations.

Let’s play! § Lake Balaton is the 1)1)1 n biggest lake in Europe. a) 22 nd b) 57 th c) 34 th § Hungary became the part of the EU in 1)1)2)1)1 n a) 2002

True or false? q Hungary is well-known for its skin care products. F T q Hungarian people drink lots of alcohol. F q Hungarys currency is lei. F q Hungarian beer has historical roots back to the 11 th century. T

Quiz v What is Hungarys state structure? a) constitutional monarchy b) parliamentary republic c) federal republic v How many countries neighbour Hungary? a) 5 b) 6 c) 7

Consequences of Trianon (1920) • In 1920, Hungary lost 75% of its territory (given to Romania, Yugoslavia, Austria, Czechslovakia). • More than 3 million Hungarian people no longer belonged to Hungary. • Thus a lot of Hungarian peope still live in the

Tourism, famous spots Budapest (capital) • Spa capital of the world: e. g. : Gellért Thermal Bath • Parliament: The 3 rd biggest parliament building in the world.

• Lake Balaton: Central Europe’s largest lake • 77 km long • Hortobágy National Pa • Nine holed bridge • „Hungarian cowboys” • Amazing sunsets

Some of the most famous inventions § Ball-point pen § Hologram § Rubik’s cube § Helicopter § Telephone exchange § Vitamin C § Colour television § Floppy disk § Tranquilizer § Spatial geometry § Seltzer § Sound-film § Solar energy utilization § Dinamo § Atomic bomb § Motion-picture camera

Folk songs and eszperente language • We have more than 200 000 folk songs. • We have a language within Hungarian, called ‚Eszperente’. In this language, every word contains the ‚E’ vowel. § Restaurant = Kellemetes hely, melyben kedvedre ehetsz eleget, ellenben e nevezetes helyen teljes keresetedet elverheted. § Clown = Szellemes ember, feje festett, kedve remek, gyermekeket nevettet meg.

Tounge twisters • Egy icike-picike pocok pocakon pöckölt egy másik icike-picike pockot, mire a pocakon pöckölt icike-picike pocok is jól pocakon pöckölte az őt pocakon pöckölő icike-picike pockot. • Fekete bika pata kopog a patika pepita kövezetén. • Mit sütsz kis szűcs? Tán sós húst sütsz kis szűcs? • Az ibafai papnak fapipája van, ezért az ibafai

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