Pimsleur Hungarian Basic Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-10 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Hungarian with Pimsleur Language Programs

Very thorough. Uses a reliable technique & structure to ensure the words and phrases sticks in your mind and remembered.Csodálatos!

I'm delighted with virtually everything about this course. Pimsleur's pedagogy of carefully timed repetition is fascinating in its effectiveness, and I have a mental list of other languages I'm looking forward to trying with Pimsleur. The emphasis on aural learning from native speakers leapfrogs over many of the problems of other approaches, which may leave one tied to a phrasebook, or unable to make sense of actual pronunciation outside of a classroom. With Hungarian, the aural element is especially crucial for getting a handle on the vowels, and cognitively, the emphasis on recall rather than recognition (i.e., the lack of visual cues) helps the lesson "stick." The dialogue in this course is rather formal, but it seems prudent to err on the side of politeness in an unfamiliar setting. I got my best results when I did the same lesson twice in one day, first thing in the morning and then in the evening after work.Still, if it were up to me, I'd change up the vocabulary a little. Our speakers in the course sure spend a lot of time ordering wine and beer (fun bunch!), but you don't get all the names of the numbers in this set. More time on functional skills, days of the week, and so on, would be useful.But the bottom line is that the Hungarians I spoke my Pimsleur Hungarian with seemed genuinely impressed, and I understand quite a bit of spoken Hungarian now. I'm pleased enough that I've already lined up the next two Pimsleur Hungarian units, and look forward to continuing to learn.

Jo reggelt kivanok! I'll be making a return trip to Budapest soon (and hopefully many more times to come) and decided it was time to learn a bit of the language of my ancestors--pretty much anyone a tourist meets in a big city will know English but if you venture even to the outskirts or a small town you're not as likely to encounter English. It's true that it's not an easy language but on the recommendation of a friend I tried Pimsleur and it's really quite enjoyable, after a week I know some good words and phrases and will definitely continue on to the next level. I like learning to speak with the proper accent, but as others mention I really like to see what the words look like, so have been using an online Hungarian-English translator.

I work with Hungarians and they have understood some of the words I have learnt from this - the problem is remembering the exact pronounciation but this is not any problem with the disk the tutorial explains how to say it exactly right by breaking each section down, even if i don't remember it exactly.

Hungarian is one of the hardest languages in the world to learn. This method of learning makes it a lot easier to pick up some of the basics. The Hungarians I spoke to were impressed. I would recommend this course.