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Hungarian Verbs And Essentials of Grammar | 
 enlarge | Author: Miklos Torkenczy
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 645007
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 136
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 0844283509
Dewey Decimal Number: 494.51182421
EAN: 9780844283500
ASIN: 0844283509
Publication Date: September 11, 1997
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Condition: New; Brand New! May have remainder mark and/or very light shelf wear. Book Description: This compact volume offers an integrated guide to both Hungarian verbs and the basics of grammar. All of the major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language are presented. About the Author: McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide Orders normally ship in 1-2 business days depending on what time payment is completed.
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This compact volume offers an integrated guide to both Hungarian verbs and the basics of grammar. All of the major verbal and grammatical concepts of the language are presented.
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Excellent, thorough, a must-have, though some English terms are hard to understand June 4, 2007
Daniel J. Clarke (A Brit In Atlanta)
I have been learning Hungarian for about 2 months now, and I have just read this book cover-to-cover. I wish I had read it 1 month ago.
It is an excellent book, designed as a reference rather than an ground-up book. Each section is self-contained and does not require previous section to have been read previously (so the reader could, for example, jump straight to chapter 10 or 20 for quick reference).
There are lots of examples, all of which have English translations (something not all books have). My only complaint about the examples is that I wish there were a few more, especially in whole sentences. Many of the examples are sentence fragments, which does not always give as must help as an full sentence.
I agree with the other reviewer that it would have been helpful to cover the various declined endings in more detail. Some are covered on depth, but others are simply listed with a very brief one-word explanation of the case.
There are several sections on how verbs and nouns form their stems from the base form - the way that some drop a vowel, add a "d", or how some letters change.
It is also careful to describe rules and to then list common exceptions to the rules. This is priceless.
As has already been mentioned, there are lots of linguistic terms that I did not know, even in English. On one hand, it would be helpful to have a brief explanation of some of these terms; on the other it's not the place of a Hungarian book to each an Englishman terms in English.
I thoroughly recommend this book for the beginner as well as for those who've been studying for a few months.
 good June 8, 2006
Samantha (Southlake, TX)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is good if you have studied hunagarian fo months. There are not to many examles and if you know and love grammer and thinks it is easy than you will understand it. But if you do not understand grammer you will be sitting with a dictionary the whole time and looking up what an indefinate verb and things like tha are. Over all it is good you just have to spend alot of time wih it to understand it
 Best for Advanced Students August 22, 2005
Kimberly Bares (Chicago, IL USA)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is clearly advanced material and not for the faint of heart. It's also pretty dry - reminds me of old English grammar books that were quite rote and abstract. Not particularly helpful for beginning Hungarian students.
 Absolutely essential for the serious Hungarian student March 15, 2005
Buddy Bradley (Miyagi, Japan)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Torkenczy's the Man. I don't see how anybody could master Hungarian without this book. Torkenczy has simplified Hungarian grammar to its core essentials, and provided lots of lists of verb conjugation and the like that are invaluable for the serious student.
But note that this should be used as a reference book and not as a textbook to learn Hungarian! My recommendation is to get this book only after about 8-12 months of studying Hungarian, depending on how serious of a student you are. Then read it cover-to-cover without stopping or re-reading. There will be much you won't understand, but don't worry about that now; just read it in its entirety to get an overview of all the forms and structures. Parallel to your normal studies, re-read it at least every 6-8 months, this time more in-depth, over and over until you feel confident that you know it all. It'll work!
The only major flaw with this book is that its a little TOO concise. There are some places where a bit more explanation would have served the book better. There are also a few grammar points not covered, unfortunately, such as the "-e" (whether or not) ending. The only other negative comment I would have is that there are too many specialized linguistic terms for the non-linguist learner.
But it gets 5 stars for its overall usefulness and indispensibility.
an excellent REFERENCE book March 4, 2005
Living in Budapest (Budapest, Hungary (originally Ann Arbor, MI))
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
As someone who is taking formal Hungarian lessons, I've found Hungarian Verbs and Essentials of Grammar very useful. While it gives thorough coverage of Hungarian verbs and grammar, it should be used as a supplement to a language course. This excellent refernce books clearly describes the grammatical rules and notes the numerous exceptions. As a reference book Hungarian Essentials is well organized. This book has also been helpful in building my vocabulary.
I would highly recommend as a complement to this book Practical Hungarian Grammar. It was written by the same author and published five years later in 2002
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