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Title: Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook (Phrasebook Series) by Tom Brosnahan, Jim Masters, Perihan Masters ISBN: 0-86442-436-1 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just a reply
Comment: I would just like to reply one of the reader who is from Austin Texax, had a comment on this book.
i am a Turkish student in America and I have read your comments about the book. However, the comment about the "How are you?" phrase is wrong. The second one is the correct one.
There is also another point i would like to refer to. There is an "i" in turkish without a dot. In some places if you pronounce "i" without dot it may mean something else; for example a common sentence "I'm bored" written as "SIKILDIM"; however if you pronounce with "i" it refers as a slang.
In addition, I totally agree that the writer should take in consideration that the pronounciation differences should held carefully.
Enjoy your holiday in Turkey
Rating: 4
Summary: Worth while
Comment: I just returned from traveling all over Turkey and this little phrase book was incredibly helpful. It fit in my pocket, and though most Turks speak english, it helps you find more difficult words or phrases. It helped in explaining that my husband is vegan, providing us with the words to say " I do not even eat meat juices." and when we suspected that we had a baby on the way we went to a pharmacy and the book told us how to say "I think I am pregnant." It was very helpful.
Rating: 4
Summary: A necessity for a traveller to Turkey (but you also need...)
Comment: This book is excellent for many reasons but three are paramount: (1) it includes an EXCELLENT explanation of the grammar, without which I would never have been able to go beyond memorization to actual comprehension & interaction; (2) it includes Turkish phrases that you will really use, relevant to actual situations you will encounter in Turkey (including conversation on topics like politics and social issues!); (3) the dictionary in the back is truly comprehensive.
If you're travelling to Turkey, you need this book--outside of Istanbul, and off the beaten path, few people speak workable English, and efforts to speak Turkish are not only warmly welcomed, but help tremendously in getting through the day.
There was only one thing I found problematic with this book. The book I was using was NOT the one with the incorrect pronunciation (at least, I don't think so), but I just found the pronunciation (the phonetic rendition of each phrase) really hard to read & use, and I didn't think it produced an accurate rendition of Turkish sounds (if I just read the phonetic phrase, no one would have understood me).
My strong recommendation to other prospective travellers: also get the "Berlitz Turkish Phrasebook" with its audiotape, and listen to the tape about a thousand times--then you won't need the pronunciation guide--you'll know how to pronounce the Turkish words, and more important still, you'll be able to hear & understand quickly-spoken Turkish. You will, however, still need this Lonely Planet phrasebook for your actual travel in Turkey, because the Berlitz one has some fatal flaws (read my review of that book for more details).
Two suggestions for the authors: 1) If you create an audiotape to go with your book, people wouldn't have to buy the silly Berlitz audiotape to learn how to listen & speak! 2) There was one section in the Berlitz book that I really thought was useful: a diagram of a car and labels for all its parts. The same might be good for a bicycle too. Just a thought.
In sum, this phrasebook is a necessity for the traveller, and since they apparently read these reviews, I would like to thank the authors for helping to make my trip to Turkey one of the best of my life.
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Title: Lonely Planet Turkey (Turkey, 8th Ed) by Pat Yale, Verity Campbell, Richard Plunkett ISBN: 1740593626 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Istanbul: City Map (City Maps Series) by Lonely Planet ISBN: 1864500808 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Istanbul by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Deni Bown ISBN: 0789427516 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Just Enough Turkish by D. L. Ellis, Roderick Conway Morris, Passport Books ISBN: 0844295183 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Istanbul (Istanbul, 3rd Ed) by Tom Brosnahan, Verity Campbell ISBN: 1740590449 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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