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Study “Talking to Ön: Formal Address & tetszik”: read the rule, then use it to complete three sentences from the lesson.

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Grammar

Talking to Ön: Formal Address & tetszik

Hungarian has a polite 'you': Ön for one person and Önök for several. They take 3rd-person verbs, just like ő and ők: - Ön hol lakik? (Where do you live?) Önök mit kérnek? (What would you like?) - With a definite object the verb is definite too: Kéri a számlát? (Would you like the bill?) - Ön/Önök is often left out; the address term shows the politeness: Kovács úr, doktor úr, tanár úr, uram. Toward older people, especially when you call them néni or bácsi, Hungarians use tetszik + infinitive instead: Kati néni, mit tetszik kérni? (Aunt Kati, what would you like?) For two or more people it is tetszenek: Hova tetszenek menni? (Where are you going?)

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Kovács úr, honnan (jönni)?Show answer
Kovács úr, honnan jön?
Önök mit (kérni)?Show answer
Önök mit kérnek?
Elnézést, uram, (tudni), hol van a posta?Show answer
Elnézést, uram, tudja, hol van a posta?
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