3rd Edition

Colloquial Hungarian The Complete Course for Beginners

By Carol Rounds, Erika Solyom Copyright 2011
392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

Colloquial Hungarian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Hungarian as it is written and spoken today. Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively... Read more
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

Biography

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 Sólyom, an NYU graduate, is a sociolinguist and she has been teaching Hungarian as a Foreign Language at Eotvos Lorand University and Corvinus University of Budapest. She is also the director of the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus.

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