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A Practical Hungarian Grammar

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Finally a book that is a great source both for people who want to learn or brush up their Hungarian on their own and for those who take Hungarian classes. As a Hungarian teacher I find it very useful in preparing for grammar lessons. The book covers the entire Hungarian grammar in small, manageable chapters. A typical chapter consists of a one page long explanation of the particular grammar topic and another one or two pages of practice - everything is conveniently at the same place so you don't have to go back and forth if you need reference. This structure makes it easy to use and prevents it from getting overwhelming. As for the explanations, they are clear and concise, and also give a few good examples on usage.
I also really like the exercises that follow the explanations. They challenge the learner grammar wise but they use simple, everyday vocabulary that reflects the spoken language, so you can actually see yourself using the sentences in real life. It's a big plus that it comes with an answer key and grammar charts at the end of the book - great for self-study. Last but not least the illustrations are beautifully done. Some of the little drawings are miniature works of art, and they add a lot to the overall look of the book.
I highly recommend this book for both students and teachers of Hungarian.

Since I have been trying to learn Hungarian for a long time, I can say that It's not easy to find a understandable textbook for foreigners. When I was in Hungary last year, I bought some textbooks and dictionaries in order to learn Hungary. However, textbooks have been useful to practice dialogues but they don't explain grammar very well. This is why I decided to buy this book and I'm glad with it.
This book is written in Hungarian and English. So, grammar's explanations can be read in English!!!. With each grammar topic, you will find some exercises which are written in Hungarian, but you can check some of your answers because at the end of the book, there is a section with the keys.
I do recommend this book widely to whom are learning Hungarian as a complement of a textbook.

My wife is hungarian and I have been trying to learn her native language for the past 6 years, from self study to personal tutors and intensive courses in hungary. Of the many grammar books that I have used, I must say that this is clearly the best, and the only one I felt deserved some positive feedback.
First the layout is extremely clear, with the "lesson page" facing the related "exercise page", something I found really useful for practicing and anchoring the new grammatical aspects on the spot. Second, and very important to me, the rules seem to avoid any excessive complexity and focus on practical use of the language, always accompanied by examples. For someone like me (I'm not a linguist!) this is most helpful and I feel I am not unduly buried under an overly technical jargon. This is not to say that the book is simplistic or incomplete, on the contrary, but that the authors somehow empathized with the foreign student and kept a practical view on the language. Third the book is bilingual hungarian-english, which truly helps avoiding confusion. Last but not least, there is a great 50 pages appendix section that includes conjugation tables, irregularities, prefixes, transitive verbs, etc..: I have used the book for about 2 months now and I find myself constantly referring to this section.
This book has become my preferred companion to the hungarian grammar and I would totally recommend it to anybody serious about learning this language.

This is precisely what I was looking for in my quest to improve my Hungarian. It gives you the rules of grammar, in detail, in an easy to learn format. The structure of the book is fantastic. I really hope the authors write an advanced version as well, as this is intermediate level :)

Great grammar, with very complete and useful exercises, allowing an extensive knowledge of the hungarian language.

This is THE book for the ones who, like myself, are trying boldly to tame this wonderful and delicate language - the Hungarian.
Highly recommended!
Buy it without fear!
And please, you guys at Amazon, enhance even more the amount of books to learn Hungarian in a deep way.
We need some book like the Barron's collection 501 verbs!!!!
Thanx a lot!

I have studied Hungarian for quit a time now. As the Hungarian language belong to the ugrian language group very different from the indoeuropean language group the grammar is very different. This book is the best as it does not only present the grammer rules as is the presentation takes off with practical exercises. Those exercises use good pedagogics. The book focuses on the grammer and vocabulary which corresponds to the B1, lower intermadiate level, examination of the Common European Framework för Languages. The book cover also studies that aim to more advanced levels. I found this book very useful and it will help me to improve my hungarian a great deal.