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Hungarian Speach in Cell Block tango

Hungarian Speach in Cell Block tango
Tony
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Thursday, July 17, 2003 (6:41 p.m.) 

Does anyone have or know where i can find a translation of the Hungarian speach that is said in the cell block tango? Thanks

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Friday, July 18, 2003 (2:16 p.m.) 

> Does anyone have or know where i can find a translation of the Hungarian
> speach that is said in the cell block tango? Thanks

Here ya go, enjoy :

"Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendőrségen megmagyarázni, de nem értették meg."

"What am I doing here? They say my famous tenant held down my husband and I chopped his head off. But it's not true. I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but they didn't understand."

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Re: Hungarian Speach in Cell Block tango- - - What about Roberto??
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Tuesday, July 22, 2003 (12:44 p.m.) 

> Here ya go, enjoy :

> "Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én
> meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért
> mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendőrségen megmagyarázni,
> de nem értették meg."

> "What am I doing here? They say my famous tenant held down my husband
> and I chopped his head off. But it's not true. I am innocent. I don't know
> why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but
> they didn't understand."

But the hungarian girl talks about "roberto". Where does he fit into this story? :/

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Wednesday, July 23, 2003 (3:57 p.m.) 

> But the hungarian girl talks about "roberto". Where does he fit
> into this story? :/

I don't recall her saying anything about a "roberto". I have no idea what you're talking about. Please let me know.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2003 (3:34 a.m.) 

During the speach she says something that sounds like roberto, but its actually Próbáltam a.

> I don't recall her saying anything about a "roberto". I have no
> idea what you're talking about. Please let me know.


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Saturday, January 31, 2004 (5:32 p.m.) 

ok so we all know what it means now...but how do u actually say that in hungarian? does anyone know the phonetic pronunciation? if u do pleasse tell!

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Friday, February 4, 2005 (11:45 a.m.) 

> ok so we all know what it means now...but how do u actually say that in
> hungarian? does anyone know the phonetic pronunciation? if u do pleasse
> tell!

okay, i'm mimicking this for my forensics piece this year, so this isn't completly accurate, but its pretty close...i've written it down for myself, how i would say it.

meet kara shey keday host moyako-ay hera shloe comb lefoctomo (all hard "o's") fee-airy (h)im me glay sheptobo fay denamagos in art toe don voy yolk knee empt to dome....

I am about 3/4 of the way through it, i'll let you know when i am finished.

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Sunday, May 7, 2006 (5:56 p.m.) 

Hi, that's great, I'm performing the Cell Block Tango with some of my friends and I'm the hungarian girl, so I need to practise how to pronounce what she says. The pronunciation is really helpful, i was just wondering if you'd finished it, seeing as you said you were 3/4 of the way through???

thanks a lot, i'd appreciate the rest of the pronunciation of it!!!

> okay, i'm mimicking this for my forensics piece this year, so this isn't
> completly accurate, but its pretty close...i've written it down for
> myself, how i would say it.

> meet kara shey keday host moyako-ay hera shloe comb lefoctomo (all hard
> "o's") fee-airy (h)im me glay sheptobo fay denamagos in art toe
> don voy yolk knee empt to dome....

> I am about 3/4 of the way through it, i'll let you know when i am
> finished.


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Now Playing: cell block tango :)!!

> Hi, that's great, I'm performing the Cell Block Tango with some of my
> friends and I'm the hungarian girl, so I need to practise how to pronounce
> what she says. The pronunciation is really helpful, i was just wondering
> if you'd finished it, seeing as you said you were 3/4 of the way
> through???

> thanks a lot, i'd appreciate the rest of the pronunciation of it!!!

Hii I Am Doing The PLay at School .. Its Really Hard Can Anyone Help With The End Of The Pronuctiations Because That Would Really Help.. Thanks so please tell me when you have finished it xx


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Saturday, August 4, 2007 (10:40 a.m.) 

> But the hungarian girl talks about "roberto". Where does he fit
> into this story? :/

It sounds like Roberto, but what she is really saying is "Próbáltam". If you listen carefully, you can hear the P.



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Thursday, September 18, 2003 (2:13 p.m.) 

Thank you soo much, excellent I was lookin for this since years:)!
Bill

> Here ya go, enjoy :

> "Mit keresek én itt? Azt mondják, a híres lakóm lefogta a férjem, én
> meg lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz. Én ártatlan vagyok. Nem tudom, miért
> mondja Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Próbáltam a rendőrségen megmagyarázni,
> de nem értették meg."

> "What am I doing here? They say my famous tenant held down my husband
> and I chopped his head off. But it's not true. I am innocent. I don't know
> why Uncle Sam says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station but
> they didn't understand."


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Sunday, October 3, 2004 (7:39 a.m.) 

Hi everyone,
first of all I have to tell everyone that the hungarian speech is so bad that even a hungarian myself can't understand it sometimes. Reason? The girl is russian. Even so the two country is close to each other, the language is different like, french and english.
And to write it down the phonetic pronounciation, would be difficult.

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Hungarian/Russian Speech
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006 (8:11 a.m.) 

Meet Kershick enit, host monyak ahera shlocolmb-lefoctomo-ferign
Im me glay sheptobo fay
denamagos
in art toe done voyolk
neept toe dome
met meryan uncle sam cook in dantam
probolto
arendo shangem, meg merazni, de nem artedic meh



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Tuesday, March 21, 2023 (3:03 p.m.) 

Mit kereshek ane itt?

Ast monGYÁk u heeresh lacÓm lefocta u fareyem ane mek lechaptam a feyEt. De nem igas.

Ane Artatlan vaGYok.

Nem toodom miÉrt monGYa uncle Sam hoGY Én voltam.

ProwbÁltam u rendőrsÉgen mecmaGYarÁsni de nem ÉrtettÉk mec.

Á,Ó,É- long vowel! sounds long
u- sounds like u in umbrella
GY- spcial hungarian letter!



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