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Title: Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook: With Two-Way Dictionary (Russian Phrasebook, 3rd Ed) by James Jenkin, Inna Zaitseva ISBN: 1-86450-106-5 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stamp of approval from a Russian
Comment: My husband is Russian and I am trying to acquire at least a fundamental understanding of the language for when I visit his family this New Year. This book is invaluable, and my Russian husband has read it from cover to cover and has given it a big stamp of approval - in particular he feels that the transliterations are excellent in giving the student an accurate guide as to how the words should be pronounced. He also derives a lot of amusement from the various social descriptions in the book which he feels are spot-on.
I have to disagree VERY STRONGLY with the reviewer from Austria who said that the book is filled with typographical errors - I have not found this to be at all true! Is he confused by examples where the word is written in Russian as though it should be pronounced with an 'o' but the transliteration has it written with an 'a'? If this is his source of complaint then he ought to read the introductory chapters.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for Beginners
Comment: This phrasebook is better than most for people who know no Russian (or very little) and who want to try to communicate with Russians. It is full of positive messages about trying, and it opens with a concise explanation of Russian grammar. Russian grammar is not something you can just master easily, but it helps to at least have an idea of how the language works - it makes more sense than just blindly memorizing phrases. The main advantage of this phrasebook it that it truly tells you the easiest way to get your point across. These are phrases that beginners actually can learn and use. Many phrasebooks are full of long sentences that are difficult to reproduce if you have little knowledge of the language, but Lonely Planet is not one of them. It also gives helpful information on how to make substitutions in the book's stock phrases, and it encourages you to put together your own word combinations. Two other good points: it's relatively low cost (a good price to value ratio) and it's pocket sized, so you can easily take it around with you on a trip. The topics covered are useful, everyday ones. In fact, there is more packed into this small book than most people will need. The dictionary is also pretty extensive. Two other things to take into consideration before purchasing this phrasebook: 1) the Lonely Planet series is geared up for young people - many of the expressions and words in the book are clearly targeted to college students and other young folks, which may be off-putting to older users, and 2) there are MANY typos and reversals in the phrasebook (did anyone actually proofread it? ). If you know absolutely no Russian, you will not recognize that these are typos and/or wrong words. This may leave you saying something other than what you think you are saying!
Rating: 5
Summary: For my brother the traveler
Comment: I bought this book for my brother, a college student who was going to St. Petersburg. He says that the book was great for his trip. I also liked the size of the book, small enough to fit into a pocket, and the sturdy binding. I also appreciated the fact that it had some "younger" russian in it for someone of his age.
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Title: First Thousand Words in Russian (Picture Word Books) by Heather Amery, Katrina Kirilenko, Stephen Cartwright ISBN: 0860207692 Publisher: E D C Publications Pub. Date: February, 1985 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Easy Russian Phrase Book : Over 690 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use by Dover ISBN: 048628669X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 29 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $2.00 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Russia & Belarus, Third Edition by Richmond Simon, Mark Elliott, Patrick Horton, Steve Kokker, Baty Landis, Wendy Taylor, Mara Vorhees, Simon Richmond ISBN: 1740592654 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: The Oxford Russian Dictionary: Russian-English English-Russian by Della F. Thompson ISBN: 0425160130 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $2.67 |
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Title: Favorite Russian Fairy Tales by Arthur Ransome ISBN: 0486286320 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 29 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $1.00 |
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