ZSUZSA PONTIFEX was born in Hungary and has a degree in Hungarian and English from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest. She has studied Russian and English literature in Moscow and in London. After three years teaching English and Hungarian in a Budapest secondary school she moved to Britain, where she worked for the Hungarian section of the BBC World Service.

Since 1990 she has been running Hungarian Language Services (HLS), a language school and translation/interpreting agency which teaches Hungarian to diplomats, businesspeople and private individuals. She also sets Hungarian language exams for the Foreign Office and the Institute of Linguists.

• : Pronunciation
• : Pronunciation
• : Pronunciation
• : PART ONE
• : PART ONE
• : PART ONE
• : 1. Your passport, please!
• : 1. Your passport, please!
• : 1. Your passport, please!
• : 2. Would you like a black coffee?
• : 2. Would you like a black coffee?
• : 2. Would you like a black coffee?
• : 3. Waiter!
• : 3. Waiter!
• : 3. Waiter!
• : 4. How much does it cost?
• : 4. How much does it cost?
• : 4. How much does it cost?
• : 5. Where's Blaha Lujza Square?
• : 5. Where's Blaha Lujza Square?
• : 5. Where's Blaha Lujza Square?
• : PART TWO
• : PART TWO
• : PART TWO
• : 6. How are things?
• : 6. How are things?
• : 6. How are things?
• : 7. We're moving house on Monday!
• : 7. We're moving house on Monday!
• : 7. We're moving house on Monday!
• : 8. I love going to football matches.
• : 8. I love going to football matches.
• : 8. I love going to football matches.
• : 9. Are you cold?
• : 9. Are you cold?
• : 9. Are you cold?
• : 10. I'll be there at 7.
• : 10. I'll be there at 7.
• : 10. I'll be there at 7.
• : 11. What size do you want it in?
• : 11. What size do you want it in?
• : 11. What size do you want it in?
• : 12. How long are you staying?
• : 12. How long are you staying?
• : 12. How long are you staying?
• : 13. I'll be fishing with Dad.
• : 13. I'll be fishing with Dad.
• : 13. I'll be fishing with Dad.
• : 14. And where did you learn to dance?
• : 14. And where did you learn to dance?
• : 14. And where did you learn to dance?
• : 15. Dear Rita,
• : 15. Dear Rita,
• : 15. Dear Rita,
• : 16. I had a very good time.
• : 16. I had a very good time.
• : 16. I had a very good time.
• : 17. What's wrong with you?
• : 17. What's wrong with you?
• : 17. What's wrong with you?
• : 18. What were your parents like?
• : 18. What were your parents like?
• : 18. What were your parents like?
• : 19. I much prefer it.
• : 19. I much prefer it.
• : 19. I much prefer it.
• : 20. It would have been better if...
• : 20. It would have been better if...
• : 20. It would have been better if...
• : 21. Where shall we go?
• : 21. Where shall we go?
• : 21. Where shall we go?
• : Key to the exercises
• : Key to the exercises
• : Key to the exercises
• : Hungarian-English vocabulary
• : Hungarian-English vocabulary
• : Hungarian-English vocabulary