Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to the most important structures of this fascinating language. All students of Hungarian, whether beginners or intermediate and advanced levels, will welcome its clarity of presentation and explanations. It is ideal for those studying independently or following a taught course.

A guide to the most important structures of the Hungarian language. This title includes such topics as: verbal prefixes; aspect and tense; word-formation mechanisms; vowel harmony; the case system and its uses; and, word order. It is suitable for those students looking to master the patterns and irregularities of modern Hungarian.

Autorentext
Carol Rounds lectures in Hungarian at Columbia University, New York.

Inhalt
Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, PART I: ALPHABET, PRONUNCIATION AND VOWEL HARMONY, Chapter 1: Alphabet, Chapter 2: Pronunciation, Chapter 3: Vowel harmony, PART II: PARTS OF SPEECH, Chapter 4: Verbs, Chapter 5: Nouns, Chapter 6: The case system, Chapter 7: Pronouns, Chapter 8: Possession, Chapter 9: Postpositions, Chapter 10: Adjectives, Chapter 11: Adverbs, Chapter 12: Word formation, Chapter 13: Conjunctions, Chapter 14: Numerals, Chapter 15: Interjections, PART III: SENTENCE STRUCTURE, Chapter 16: Sentence elements and word order, Chapter 17: Special constructions, Appendix 1: Irregular verbs, Appendix 2: Sample noun declensions, Appendix 3: Noun types and exceptions, Index