ABSTRACT

Colloquial Hungarian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Hungarian as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hungarian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Hungarian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

  • A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
  • Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar
  • An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
  • Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations
  • Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Hungary.
  • An overview of the sounds of Hungarian

Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Hungarian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Hungarian.

Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

chapter

Introduction

chapter |19 pages

Családok

Families

chapter |21 pages

Az egyetem és a diákok

The university and the students

chapter |19 pages

Határátlépés

Crossing the border

chapter |18 pages

Bevásárlás

Shopping

chapter |21 pages

Unit Five

Taxi!

chapter |20 pages

Tetszik neked Budapest?

Do you like Budapest?

chapter |21 pages

Az étteremben

In the restaurant

chapter |19 pages

Van már szobafoglalása?

Do you already have a room reservation?

chapter |16 pages

Meg tudja mondani, merre van a posta?

Can you tell me where the post office is?

chapter |24 pages

Mit csinált Newman úr a hétvégén?

What did Mr Newman do at the weekend?

chapter |18 pages

Minket is érdekel a zene!

We are interested in music too!

chapter |23 pages

Unit Twelve Gyógyulj meg!

Get well soon!

chapter |19 pages

Szeretlek!

I love you!

chapter |16 pages

Bárcsak több szabadidőm volna!

If only I had more free time!

chapter |20 pages

A leghihetetlenebb történet

The most unbelievable story