Learn Hungarian For English Speakers [antikvár]

INTRODUCTION This book is intended to be a convenient and attractive first course in Hungárián, for those English-speakers who are not professional linguists. It is limited to :— [a) A vocabulary of about 1,200 words and (L) A full knowledge of the structure of everyday Hungárián. The work to be done is divided into forty lessons, pre-ceded by an introductory sketch of the characteristics of the language. This includes notes on the pronunciation for those who ha ve no teacher. Each lesson contains :— (1) A grammatical section : five of the two hundred points into which it was found practicable to divide (b) above. The points are illustrated with examples. (2) A word list: 25-30 new words to be learned. (3) " Small change " : useful expressions involving something from (1) and (2). (4) A reading-piece, giving practice in the foregoing, and (5) Exercises on the whole, in the form of conversations to be put into Hungárián. The reading-pieces form consecutive parts of a simple story describing a visit to Budapest. They are intended as a guide, not to Budapest, but to the means of enjoying such a visit. The student is taken on a leisurely canter, by easy paths through the strange wood. Though the wood may appear formidable at first glancé, yet it con-sists of nothing worse than trees. Somé may be a little strange in appearance, but they need be no more difficult to get past than the familiar English trees. A little clowning has been introduced into the ride to offset any sombreness along the path. Given the task of producing a minimum vocabulary of twelve hundred words, forty individuals will provide at least forty different selections : the list I have made is claimed only as one such selection, useful both to those