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Colloquial Hungarian

The Complete Course for Beginners, 3rd Edition

By Carol Rounds, Erika Sólyom

Published April 1st 2011 by Routledge

Series: Colloquial Series

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Description

These two 60-miniute CDs, recorded by native speakers of Hungarian, are an invaluable component of the Colloquial Hungarian course. While reinforcing material from the book, the CDs also contain a variety of additional exercises, including role-playing, and a useful guide to pronunciation.

Reviews

Praise for the first edition:

An infectious love for the Hungarian language and culture, coupled with a sense of humour, suffuses the book.' - Times Higher Education Supplement

Contents

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.

Listen to Sample Audio For The Course:

If you’re thinking about buying this course, why not listen to the audio tracks below for a taster?

These are samples from this audio CD, designed to accompany the paperback, or included in our great value Colloquial Pack.

Unit 1, Dialogue 1

Unit 1, Dialogue 1 Vocabulary Exercise