Hungarian: A Complete Course for Beginners

by Zsuzsa Pontifex

Bestselling language courses now with audio CDs
From Catonese to Thai, Gaelic to Modern Persian, learning the languages of the world is attainable for any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.
Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:
- Up-to-date, graded interactive dialogues
- Graded units of culture notes, grammar, and exercises
- Step-by-step guide to pronunciation
The new editions also feature:
- Clear, uncluttered, and user-friendly layout
- Self-assessment quizzes to test progress
- Practical vocabulary
- Regular and irregular verb tables
- Plenty of practice exercises and answers
- Bilingual glossary
- Website suggestions to take language study further

Genres: Hungarian Literature, Nonfiction, Language

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 21, 1993

Reviews

[Brett C · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a good introduction to Hungarian self-study. Hungarian is a very difficult language and requires a lot attention. The book does an adequate job of explaining grammar, pronunciation, and inflection. The accompanying audio is great and enables you to hear native speakers of such a unique language.

Having said that, it is not the best book because it moves very fast. Also as the chapters progress, they become choppy. At times I felt lost when trying to decipher the dialogue tables and felt the author left our vital vocabulary.

This is a good start and I'm sure there are better sources for learning Hungarian. Thanks!

[Daisy]

I tried to take a Hungarian course but I was the only one who signed up so they cancelled it. I've read that Hungarian is the only language the Devil respects.

[Brent Ranalli · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've gone from beginner to conversationally fluent, and this book was my most important source for mastering basic grammar.

[Paul · Rating 5 out of 5]

There isn't much out there for those intrepid few who wish to teach themselves Hungarian, and most of the people who I've met here in Hungary, myself included, have used this book. I think this is a really useful little language course. This relatively small volume is packed pretty full of information, but it's still fun to work through. The dialogues are a really useful way to practice pronunciation and tend to deal with a wide range of basic conversational topics in a memorable way. Highly recommended.

[Hope Rozenboom · Rating 5 out of 5]

a great book for beginners, the tape or CD is helpful

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wydawnictwo Literackie zaczęło wydawać nawet niezłe podręczniki/samouczki do nauki języków obcych. Znajomości węgierskiego jeszcze nie wypróbowała, bo ciągle się uczę.

[Chris Thar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrific place to start. This combined with a ton of bravery and patience will get you on your way to one hell of a tough, but wonderful, language.

[Sheryl]

Where can i find this book ? Even its 2nd hand i want to buy. Thanks