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| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6709 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes  Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 17 of 26 03 October 2006 at 6:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
I know I am very slow to respond to this message, but I really like this idea! I'm just wondering where I could find books in both English and Hungarian. I haven't seen any bilingual editions at all for English and Hungarian. Where do you find them? I really want to purchase the Harry Potter books in Hungarian (I have them in English), but the only ones I have found have been super expensive! I'm not sure what other books I could buy in both English & Hungarian. I'd stick to kids books for now, but I wonder if there's a site that tells you? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6669 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 18 of 26 04 October 2006 at 11:18am | IP Logged | |||||
Hm, well, yes that might be a problem! :D I only have some collection of French stories (short stories) in bilingual editions that I found in second hand book shops, and a Russian/French copy of Le Portrait that I found in a second hand book shop in France. I have read more books by reading double copies, that I either find at the library or at home. I read mostly classics and such that are easy to come by, try with those - they are translated into most languages. The first book I read in French was a Swedish classic, Barabbas by Pär Lagerkvist. I wanted to read it and found the book among my mom's books, and when I opened it I discovered that it was in French. I just sighed and whined about it to my mother, who then told me to just read it in French instead (although I did buy a Swedish edition too). 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6709 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 19 of 26 04 October 2006 at 4:13pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Well, I have Hamlet here in Hungarian, so maybe I could read that one.
I also have the PonyMad Princess series in Hungarian (I bought the whole series because I will give them to my friends' daughter when I'm finished). I saw on Amazon.com the english versions of them. Perhaps I could buy those.... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6848 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 20 of 26 05 October 2006 at 2:42pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I'm a big fan of magazines for language learners. So out of curiosity, I did a Google search, and I found a magazine for learning Hungarian.
Of course, I have no idea what this says: http://www.magyarultanulok.com/ Maybe you understand?! I found it here. It says "via this link you can get information about this magazine specialized and edited for learners of Hungarian. Some sample pages are also displayed on the homepage." I love getting books in the mail. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6669 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 21 of 26 05 October 2006 at 2:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
Do you happen to have any for Russian? :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6669 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 22 of 26 05 October 2006 at 2:57pm | IP Logged | |||||
Hamlet is perhaps a bit tough? I don't really know though, I haven't actually read it. I'm trying to think of big children's books authors, but the only one that comes to my mind is the Swedish Astrid Lindgren (I read Ronja Rövardotter in French and it was PERFECT when it came to the level of the language). Selma Lagerlöf would otherwise be a good idea if you would happen to stumble upon one of her books. She uses a quite simple language and her stories are often quite simple. Sorry, I only come up with Swedish ones :/ Big names though, those have been translated into countless languages! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| CaitO'Ceallaigh Triglot Senior Member United States katiekelly.wordpress Joined 6848 days ago 795 posts - 829 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Russian Studies: Czech, German | Message 23 of 26 05 October 2006 at 3:23pm | IP Logged | |||||
I actually found one. Go to: http://www.europeanbookshop.com/ And then, in the Search field, type "Davai". That's all I've been able to find, tho'. EDIT: This is also available on Amazon. ANOTHER EDIT: Actually, if you go to Amazon and select Magazines from the Search drop-down list, type Russian and press Enter. You'll get a whole list of Russian magazines, and a couple are for Russian language learners. There's very little information about them, however. I bet there's something for Hungarian, too. MY LAST EDIT: I found an on-line source for language learning magazines. I started a new thread for it. Edited by CaitO'Ceallaigh on 05 October 2006 at 4:30pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Katie Diglot Senior Member Australia Joined 6709 days ago 495 posts - 599 votes Speaks: English*, Hungarian Studies: French, German | Message 24 of 26 05 October 2006 at 5:48pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Cait, that website is great! Thanks so much! A subscription to the magazine looks to be around $23 AUD for the year, for 2 magazines. I am wondering though, whether postage is incurred on top of that... it just seems a little too inexpensive.. hmmm I may write to them and ask!
I was actually thinking of maybe subscribing also to a cooking magazine from Hungary. I am interested in Hungarian cuisine, so it might be a good option - to both learn how to cook the food and practice my Hungarian! I wonder if there are children's magazines with simple language that I could read too.... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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