The Rough Guide to Hungarian Dictionary Phrasebook: A Rough Guide Phrasebook, First Edition (Rough Guide Phrasebooks) [Paperback]

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Book Description

Series: Rough Guide Phrasebooks | Publication Date: May 1, 1998

The dictionary-style structure of this Hungarian phrasebook allows the user to speak the way they would in their own language. Feature boxes fill in the dos and don'ts, cultural know-how and other matters where language is important, like making a phonecall.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Hungarian

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 1st edition (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1858283043
• ISBN-13: 978-1858283043
• Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 4.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,669,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #65 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Hungarian
  • #73 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Hungarian > Instruction

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pitiful, avoid it at all costs, March 9, 2001

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Christopher Culver - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Hungarian Dictionary Phrasebook: A Rough Guide Phrasebook, First Edition (Rough Guide Phrasebooks) (Paperback)

Rough Guide's HUNGARIAN PHRASEBOOK is one of the poorest phrasebooks I have ever come across. In fact, it isn't even a real phrasebook, but rather a slim dictionary with occassional cultural commentary. This was *totally* unhelpful on my trip to Hungary, and I feel sorry for anyone who has purchased it.

Bottom line: get Berlitz's phrasebook instead, but steer clear of this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beware: NOT a Phrasebook!, September 18, 2004

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Laszlo Wagner (Hungary) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Hungarian Dictionary Phrasebook: A Rough Guide Phrasebook, First Edition (Rough Guide Phrasebooks) (Paperback)

I must agree with the first review that this is NOT a phrasebook at all!
After an introduction of Hungarian grammar on 30 pages or so (which is not bad and the only reason I gave it even 2 stars), there follows an alphabetically arranged dictionary, with phrases containing some of the words listed inserted under the word's listing, and boxed texts on cultural hints scattered throughout.
Calling this a phrasebook is a misnomer!

If you want a real phrasebook, go for the Berlitz or the Lonely Planet one.