hungarian texts

[Oscar E Swan]

I want to second everyone's assessment of Banhidi Jokai Szabo. It is very
competent and clear linguistically. I own a (fairly poor quality) set of
5 cassette tapes that go through lesson 23. I think they were recorded
off a record that used to accompany the book. the other books mentioned
are better for readings and conversations, but next to worthless for
learning the grammar, in my opinion.

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Oscar E. Swan   Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures
1417 Cathedral of Learning   Univ. of Pittsburgh  15260
412-624-5707      swan+ at pitt.edu
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On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, E Wayles Browne wrote:

> On Wed, 25 Oct 1995, brian horowitz wrote:
>
> > About Hungarian Texts:
> >      There are a few of them and while I cannot speak about them all,
> > I can mention one which I used.
> >      Learn Hungarian by Z. Banhidi, Z. Jokay and D. Szabo, Budapest:
> > Kultura, 1965.
> >     This is a comprehensive grammar with ridiculous Soviet-type texts,
> > but with all the irregular forms an English student of Hungarian will
> > ever need.  If you like deductive methods for learning foreign
> > languages, this is your book.
> >
> >      Brian Horowitz, U. of Nebraska, Lincoln
> There are recordings to go with the book; additional recordings
> and additional written materials for use with it "Individualized
> Instruction materials" are available from Ohio State University.
> Perhaps someone at OSU could confirm the proper address to contact.
> I have been using the book for a long time and find it very
> systematic and clear.
> Wayles Browne, Cornell University