Colloquial Hungarian

Colloquial Hungarian: The Complete Course for Beginners has been carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a step-by-step course to Hungarian as it is written and spoken today.

Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Hungarian in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

Colloquial Hungarian is exceptional; each unit presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary lists throughout.

Key features include:

A clear, user-friendly format designed to help learners progressively build up their speaking, listening, reading and writing skills

Jargon-free, succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar

An extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises

Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of narrative situations

Helpful cultural points explaining the customs and features of life in Hungary.

An overview of the sounds of Hungarian


Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial Hungarian is an indispensable resource both for independent learners and students taking courses in Hungarian.


Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www. routledge. com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation 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