Hungarian for Beginners (language, culture)

Timetable

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Module aim (aims)

- Assimilation of basic grammar structures and vocabulary of Hungarian language used for everyday communication at level A1
- Acquisition of basic knowledge of the Hungarian language (typology, vocabulary building)
- Acquiring essential cultural information about Hungary   

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

none

Syllabus

Week 1:            Introduction to Hungarian phonological system and writing system, the Hungarian alphabet, greetings

Week 2: Introducing people, giving personal information - Countries and nationalities (the form and usage of verb van [be])

Week 3:            Using numbers, prices – the definite and indefinite article in Hungarian   

Week 4: Describing simple actions, conditions, daily routine (Basic verb conjugation)        

Week 5:            Food and drinks - Shopping (The form and usage of accusative – part 1)

Week 6: Food and drinks – In the restaurant (The form and usage of accusative – part 2)

Week 7: Places in a town/city (The form and usage of locative case endings -ban/ben, -n)            

Week 8:            Indicating directions – part 1 (The form and usage of locative case endings -ba/be, -ra/re, -hoz/hez/höz.)

Week 9: Indicating directions – part 2 (The form and usage of locative case endings -ból/ből, -ról/ről, -tól/től.)

Week 10: Telling the time, making appointments (Time phrases, conjugation of verbs with ending -ik)

Week 11: Likes, dislikes and hobbies. (The form and usage of modal verbs with infinitive in Hungarian -1)

Week 12: Ability, possibility (The form and usage of modal verbs with infinitive in Hungarian - 2)  

Week 13: My family, friends, personal belongings (The form and usage of possessive endings in singular)   

Week 14: Revision        

Week 15: Evaluation test

Reading list

Szita Szilvia – Pelcz Katalin: MagyarOK. Magyar nyelvkönyv. A1–A2. 1. kötet. 2013, Pécsi Tudományegyetem.

 

Rounds, Carol: Hungarian: an Essential Grammar. London ; New York : Routledge , 2001.