Colloquial Hungarian: The Complete Course for Beginners »

Carol H Rounds is lecturer in Hungarian and has been teaching at Columbia University since 1988. Previous titles include Hungarian:An Essential Grammar, another in the Routledge language series.

Erika Sólyom, an NYU graduate, is a sociolinguist and she has been teaching Hungarian as a Foreign Language at Eotvos Lorand University and Corvinus University of Budapest. She is also the director of the American Corner Budapest at Corvinus.

Colloquial Hungarian is the ideal introduction to the Hungarian Language.

Specially written by experienced teachers, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Hungarian and covers a variety of modern everyday situations.

What makes Colloquial Hungarian your best choice in personal language learning?

• Emphasis on up-to-date, conversational language.


• Comprehensive vocabulary lists (Hungarian-English and English-Hungarian).


• Useful reference grammar notes.


• Dialogues and cultural notes provide an introduction to Hungarian culture.

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Hungarian in a broad range of everyday situations, both formal and informal.

Audio material on CDs or in MP3 format is available to purchase separately. Recorded by native speakers, this material complements the book helping to perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.

Preface Introduction 1. Acquaintances 2. The Flight 3. Crossing the Border 4. Shopping 5. Taxi! 6. Do you Like Budapest? 7. Do You Have a Room Reservation? 8. In the Restaurant 9. Can You Tell Me Where the Post Office Is? 10. What Did Mr Newman Do at the weekend? 11. We are Interested in Music Too! 12. Get Well Soon! 13. I Love You! 14. If Only I Had More Free Time! 15. The Most Unbelievable Story Appendix I: Conjugations of Irregular Verbs Appendix II: Sample Nominal Declensions Hungarian-English Glossary English-Hungarian Glossary Grammar Index Topic Index