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Hungarian, Comprehensive: Learn to Speak and Understand Hungarian with Pimsleur Language Programs

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I love the Pimsleur method of language learning. You do have to have patience with yourself - I repeated each lesson an average of four times before moving on to the next. But I found that when I got to the end of the series, then went back to earlier ones for review, I had no problem at all remembering every single thing that had been taught. It's kind of like, you don't think you're learning a lot, but what you do learn you learn *so* well that it absolutely sticks. The lessons get progressively harder, but if you don't "get" a lesson the first time, just play it over again until you do get most of it. Before moving on. It really does stick if you do this.

I found the fact that they only want you to do the "reading lessons" after unit 11 or later very odd at first - but then when I finally got to that point, I realized why. You had to get used to the way things were pronounced enough so your brain isn't "prejudiced" by subconsciously "Americanizing" the written words.

I only wish they would continue the series - apparently there is not enough demand to go past Comprehensive I at this time, and it's so hard to find Hungarian instruction. I would absolutely buy a Comprehensive II if they came out with one.

I find this teaching Hungarian lessons quite good - a hundred times better than just a book. Because they don't have a printed set of new words for each of the lessons, I find that it takes me listening & practicing each lesson once a day for about a week before I can catch on to what a word is. [It could take less time to do a lesson more than once a day, but each lesson is ½ hour & it is difficult to find the extra time.] I have to use a Hungarian-English dictionary. Though, spelled words don't help the pronunciation, I have found that what is being said & what I'm trying to repeat becomes more & more difficult as sentences with the new words gets me lost. Life would be a lot easier if the lessons had a vocabulary for the new words. The lessons do an excellent job of building pronounciation of words and do a very good way of building vocabularly when new lessons bring into play elements of previous lessons. I would really recommend this product!!! Part of the problem with catching onto new words is my lifelong difficulty with languages & their longer sentences are a little too fast for the words to register. No matter what I have said that is somewhat negative, by all means - BUY THIS PRODUCT!! A good dictionary is a learning aid which I personally need whereas others can get by w/o one.

This is a terrific product. My wife is Hungarian, she lived in Hungary until the age of 16, and she thinks it is excellent. The Pimsleur method is definitely an excellent method.

This is the best ever learning program you could buy. If you are serious about Hungarian then this is for you. Loved it. I just hope Comprehensive II and III come out soon. I have tried many and this is the best. 5 Star.