Colloquial Hungarian

Description

Colloquial Hungarian is the ideal introduction to the Hungarian Language.

Specially written by experienced teachers, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hungarian and covers a variety of modern everyday situations.

What makes Colloquial Hungarian your best choice in personal language learning?

• Emphasis on up-to-date, conversational language.
• Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Hungarian-English and English-Hungarian).
• Useful reference grammar notes.
• Dialogues and cultural notes provide an introduction to Hungarian culture.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Hungarian in a broad range of everyday situations, both formal and informal.

Audio material on CDs or in MP3 format is available to purchase separately. Recorded by native speakers, this material complements the book helping to perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Contents

Preface Introduction 1. Acquaintances 2. The Flight 3. Crossing the Border 4. Shopping 5. Taxi! 6. Do you Like Budapest? 7. Do You Have a Room Reservation? 8. In the Restaurant 9. Can You Tell Me Where the Post Office Is? 10. What Did Mr Newman Do at the weekend? 11. We are Interested in Music Too! 12. Get Well Soon! 13. I Love You! 14. If Only I Had More Free Time! 15. The Most Unbelievable Story Appendix I: Conjugations of Irregular Verbs Appendix II: Sample Nominal Declensions Hungarian-English Glossary English-Hungarian Glossary Grammar Index Topic Index

Author Bio

Carol H Rounds is lecturer in Hungarian and has been teaching at Columbia University since 1988. Previous titles include Hungarian:An Essential Grammar, another in the Routledge language series. Erika S^'olyom is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at New York University. She has received a number of fellowships, including a Fulbright Grant and a Soros Foundation Fellowship.

Related Subjects

1. Eastern European- Self Study
2. Eastern European Workbooks
3. Major Works
4. Language for Self Study
5. Eastern European Coursebooks
6. Language Teaching & Learning