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National Geographic Traveler, September 2006 'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'
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If you thought a Rubik's cube was difficult, imagine traveling in Hungary without this phrasebook! Take the confusion out of your travels and invent your own Hungarian experience.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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65 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well, I am a native speaker of Hungarian myself, so I was quite curious to see this book.
For the most part, I found it very good.
The main part of the book, the phrases are quite good and natural - it really shows that they had native speakers check it.
The phrases cover all sorts of issues from shopping to visiting a doctor or even dating and having sex!
The boxed texts on culture are also quite good and often amusing.
For the most part, I found it very good.
The main part of the book, the phrases are quite good and natural - it really shows that they had native speakers check it.
The phrases cover all sorts of issues from shopping to visiting a doctor or even dating and having sex!
The boxed texts on culture are also quite good and often amusing.
It has only 12 pages on grammar, but that's quite spot on.
It does include a box on present tense verb conjugation (taking vowel harmony into account!), and has even devoted a whole page to conjugating four common, but irregular verbs (come, go, eat, drink). Another box conjugates "to be" and yet another shows the suffixes for possessions. I guess it's quite OK for the space.
The 2000 word dictionary at the back is quite comprehensive.
A weaker point is the "phonetical transliteration" system used - Hungarian is written fully phonetically in its original form (thankfully also presented here), but the phonetical transliteration provided here for English-speakers may result in blank looks in many cases - you could always choose to ignore it.
The intro contains useful facts about the history and roots of the language, though the map showing where Hungarian is supposedly spoken might raise some eyebrows in neighbouring countries! ;-)
The layout is attractive, with color illustrations.
I even like the cover (different from what is shown on Amazon)- certainly better than a kitshy horseman or traditionally clad dancer could have been! ;-)
Overall: RECOMMENDED.
If you are planning to spend any time away from the major cities and tourist areas, you will find it VERY useful!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Very useful little book- light and easy to fit in a bag or pocket and carry around all day. Found every phrase and word that I needed and people understood what I said so the phonetics must be good (that or people were just being kind!)
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very useful phrasebook, full of lots of useful stuff. It is also quite good fun to read.
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Adequate
We are visiting Budapest shortly and I purchased this to supplement the less than adequate (and expensive) "Complete Hungarian". Read more
Published 6 months ago by W. Tegner
Perfect
We are due to move to Hungary for 1yr and I purchased this after reading the reviews. I know I will never learn the language grammatically as it is too difficult but hope to get... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Amazon purchaser
Funny and motivating
I bought this for my (English) boyfriend to finally teach him some Hungarian, and he loves it. Good start for someone who has an aversion to some laborious and didactic method, but... Read more
Published 11 months ago by eo
very average book
I am a native Hungarian speaker and bought this book for a friend.
I would not call this book useless, but I am very certain that there are better products on the market. Read more
I would not call this book useless, but I am very certain that there are better products on the market. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Eper
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Handy book for beginners. Has everything you need for a short stay in Hungary plus a few comical extras.
Published 22 months ago by Schmeegan
Good phrasebook
Easy to use and has some pearls in it that make Hungarians wonder where you learned to say something. Impressed my inlaws, so gets 5 stars...
Published 22 months ago by Justin A. Hardie
Very good phrasebook
Excellent book even for the complete beginner with grammer help also, i found it easy to use and very helpfull even funny in parts with some words that have another meaning in... Read more
Published on 20 July 2005 by Stephen L. Crawford
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