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Lesson 45 of 74 · A2, Unit 5: Grammar milestones

Sequencing a story

past-tense gave you the mechanics of what happened; this lesson gives you the connecting words that turn separate past-tense sentences into a real story: first this, then that, finally the other thing.

These sequencing words usually open the sentence: Előbb felkeltem, aztán megreggeliztem, végül elindultam ('First I got up, then I had breakfast, finally I set off').

By the end you can:

  • sequence events with előbb, aztán, utána, and végül
  • use közben ('meanwhile') for two things happening at once
  • narrate a short sequence of past events

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