Hungarian phrase book [antikvár]

Z 6 O 5 j Guide to pronunciation O Z z This and the following chapter are intended to make you mg familiar with the phonetic transcription we devised and to 1 help you get used to the sounds of Hungarian. I As a minimum vocabulary for your trip, we've selected a 1 number of basic words and phrases under the title "Some I Basic Expressions" (pages 10-15). An outline of the spelling and sounds of Hungarian I You'11 find the pronunciation of the Hungarian letters and I sounds explained below, as well as the symbols we use for | them in the transcription. Note that Hungarian has some I diacritical signs—special markings over certain letters— § which we don't use in English. | The imitated pronunciation should be read as if it were I English except for any special rules set out below. It is based I on Standard British pronunciation, though we have tried to l take into account General American pronunciation as well. I Of course, the sounds of any two languages are never exactly I the same; but if you follow carefully the indications supplied | here, you'11 have no difficulty in reading our transcription in I such a way as to make yourself understood. I Letters written in bold type should be stressed (pronounced !Mg louder).