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The Concept
In literary texts, the beauty and the complexity
of a language fully express themselves.
They can also tell you a lot about the local
culture and the questions intellectuals of
a certain country are interested in.
You can find here reasonably easily
understandable
short stories and fairytales as well as texts
that are less approachable. Most of the
stories are humourous.
The Exercises
The exercises are entirely based on the
sentences of the short story and do not
therefore contain new vocabulary. After each
text, you will work on some problematic
aspects of the Hungarian languages such as
verbal prefixes (ki-, be-, el-, etc.) and
nominal suffixes (-ban, -ról, -on, etc.).
You may find that sometimes, the exercises
are easier than the text itself (e.g. a very
difficult story is followed by a simple
exercise on the present tense conjugation).
This is due to the following reasons:
- Every sentence of a language contains
a large amount of important information.
As you will be working on the same
sentences in many (often simple) exercises,
repetition will help you break down and
analyse these sentences from various
aspects.
- It is known that we memorise abstract
language structures (word orders,
conjugations, etc.) and vocabulary that we
hear and see often enough.
- If you memorise correct sentences,
you will be able to use them as reference
points later on. Doing them will not only
reinforce the vocabulary and various
grammatical aspects but will also
internalise a great number of abstract
language structures.
- Studying small bits of the whole text
will also allow you to get a better
understanding of the style of the author.
It is therefore a good idea to read the
texts again once you have finished the
exercises.
However, you might decide to download
the text only
and read or listen to it while having a
cup of coffee!
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