Colloquial Hungarian (Colloquial Series) [Paperback]

Jerry Payne (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0415045894 | ISBN-13: 978-0415045896 | Publication Date: June 18, 1987 | Edition: New edition

Colloquial Hungarian is easy to use, with helpful instructions. Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hungarian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Hungarian your best choice in personal language learning?
* interactive - lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
* clear - concise grammar notes
* practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
* complete - including answer key and special reference section

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in a broad range of situations.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Hungarian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; New edition edition (June 18, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415045894
• ISBN-13: 978-0415045896
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,240,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introductory book to get you started., June 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Hungarian (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

The book starts with pronunciation exercises, and then consists of a series of lessons, each of which simulates a common scenario setting (restaurants, gas station, etc). It presents new vocabulary and a few grammatical rules along the way. It makes for easy reading, and along with the tape can get you started easily into the language. However, if you want something more than "survival hungarian", you will need to go on to an intermediate book. The learnings from this book will not allow you to have a full conversation, but only to interact as a tourist in Hungary.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introductory book to get you started., June 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Colloquial Hungarian (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

The book starts with pronunciation exercises, and then consists of a series of lessons, each of which simulates a common scenario setting (restaurants, gas station, etc). It presents new vocabulary and a few grammatical rules along the way. It makes for easy reading, and along with the tape can get you started easily into the language. However, if you want something more than "survival hungarian", you will need to go on to an intermediate book. The learnings from this book will not allow you to have a full conversation, but only to interact as a tourist in Hungary.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Moves along very fast, so best for those with prior experience with foreign languages, September 9, 2001

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This review is from: Colloquial Hungarian (Audio Cassette)

Routledge's COLLOQUIAL HUNGARIAN offers just what its title suggests, a presentation of everyday spoken Hungarian. Any attempt to teach oneself such a complex language as Hungarian is going to require several textbooks, as a variety of approaches to aspects of the language help avoid confusion. COLLOQUIAL HUNGARIAN certainly deserves a place among one's materials. Whether or not it will be your primary textbook depends on your experience with foreign languages.

COLLOQUIAL HUNGARIAN moves along very quickly, a single one of its lessons offers enough information for three units in other textbooks. It's just the sort of book that the linguistics geek, with a few other languages under his belt, might find ideal. Grammatical concepts are presented in a straightforward, no-nonsense manner. Too bad this rigorous method was lost in Routledge's subsequent edition of the course (written that time by Carol Rounds).

If, however, you are just a normal guy compelled by some twist of fate to learn Hungarian, I recommend TEACH YOURSELF HUNGARIAN.