Hungarian textbooks

[Jake White]

I also like the good old Ba'nhidi text -- great grammar material and also
very complete.  Subject matter of some of texts (dialogues etc.) are
outdated now, of course.  As a supplement, I cannot recomend highly enough
Torkenczy's

"Hungarian verbs and essentials of grammar: a practical guide to the mastery
of Hungarian. / by Miklos Torkenczy
Paperback - 128 pages (November 1996)
NTC Publishing Group; ISBN: 0844283509

Great outline of Hungarian grammar -- small, concise, but lots of good
modern examples.  I love this book!

Also -- y'know, for all the superficiality of some of the 'Teach Yourself'
series of language primers,  at least take a look at

Hungarian : A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself Books)
by Zsuzsa Pontifex
Paperback - 352 pages (March 1993)
Teach Yourself; ISBN: 0844237965

Suprisingly more complete than the average "Teach Yourself" material -- nice
modern presentation, dialogues and tapes.  Again, would be great for
supplemental material.
tx, Jake
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Jake White
Slavic & East European Acquisitions Specialist
Box 352900
University of Washington Libraries
Seattle, WA 98195
USA

jfwhite at u.washington.edu



> Dear Curt,
> It has always struck me how well-arranged and systematic Hungarian
> textbooks generally are, compared with textbooks for various Slavic
> languages that I have taught. I still like an older book: Learn
> Hungarian by Ba'nhidi, Jo'kay and Szabo', several editions published
> by Tanko"nyvkiado', Budapest. There are tapes to go with it, and
> an additional set of printed materials and tapes for self-instruction
> that the Ohio State U. Center for Slavic and East European Studies
> put out, which guide the learner through the book step by step.
>
> Wayles Browne, Assoc. Prof. of Linguistics
> Department of Linguistics
> Morrill Hall 220, Cornell University
> Ithaca, New York 14853, U.S.A.
>
> tel. 607-255-0712 (o), 607-273-3009 (h)
> fax 607-255-2044 (write FOR W. BROWNE)
> e-mail ewb2 at cornell.edu
>
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