pocket dictionary
Buy Hungarian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar. If your not just travelling to Hungary, but really want to learn the language, check this grammar guide out. |
Buy Hungarian: A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself (Book and Cassette)).
I used this book along with private instruction and thought that it was pretty good. I didn't use anything else except what my teacher provided. I didn't learn as much as I would have liked, but that was mostly my fault. Other people don't like this series very well. Perhaps it doesn't do well as sold source, but if you are combining it with something else, it works well. |
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| 1 For some reason Elderberry is much more commonly referenced in Hungary than in the United States. Apparently, quite some time ago, peasants would make a jam out of it. I've been told it was a deep black and stained clothing like nothing else. Children would then mix this with soda water to create a drink. Interestingly enough, when I was there last, the Hungarian Fanta Division had put out a Bodza flavor. It was actually really good.
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| 2 W appears only when something has been taken from
another language, usually (always?) from English. But it should be noted that it is pronounced like w would be in German, so the equivalent of the English v.
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| 3 Y can appear (like w) when something has been taken from English, but more commonly it appears in names ("Gyula Krudy"). It is tricky here because when it appears in names it sounds exactly like the Hungarian "i". When it appears in words borrowed from English ("yamgyökér"[yam]), it sounds like the English y.
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