Lonely Planet French: Phrasebook

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French: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Useful in all situations
Excellent Book to get around!!!!!
Excellent Book!

French: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Michael Janes , and Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
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Binding: Paperback

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Book Description

Phrasebook in hand, bus ticket secured, you discover the bus driver shares your passion for Monet and fromage. He invited you to meet his family over a long lunch - another language-inspired success. <ul>

extensive two-way dictionary & user-friendly sentence builder </li>

pronunciation for every word </li>

how to have fun with the French: food, wine and romance </li>

travelling basics: transport, health and shopping </li>

useful culinary dictionary for exploring gourmet options </li></ul>

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French: Lonely Planet Phrasebook.......2007-05-19

The book is very useful for traveling...as expected from a lonely planet speech book. However, it would be better with an audioguide to pronounce it correctly.

Useful in all situations.......2006-12-06

I got this book as a gift before going to Paris for a month and after taking one quarter of French at school. This book is so useful in very many situations! With my basic skills in pronunciation and grammar, this book carried me through at restaurants, metro stations, going out, etc. The two-way dictionary is also great because I had French people look up words they didn't know in English. There's also a funny romance section that I don't know if you would ever use, but it's a great read and my French friends love it as well. Overall I would recommend this phrasebook if you're going to France for a short trip and as long as you learn some basic pronunciation you should be fine!

Excellent Book to get around!!!!!.......2006-03-10

I was in Paris and with the phonetic pronunciation of phases the Parisians would understand us completely. I was so surprised!!! This book was very helpful and I would recommend it to anybody who needs to get around in France. I just bought the Italian version for my next trip!!!!

Excellent Book!.......2005-04-23

Right now i am currently studying French independently before i begin a French I class in school. And so far, I find this book to be very useful in using common phrases, as well as having facts about the grammar. And what's great is how this book tells the pronunciation of all the words in its dictionary, and for some reason that is something that many dictionaries lack, considering that the French language has the most difficulty in pronunciation! I wish French dictionaries were that convient. All in all, if you want to learn French phrases, or trying to have a little bit of knowledge about the French language before being taught, or you are already a French speaker and just want to brush up, this book is excellent! Highly recommended.

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Excellent!
easy to hear audio but hard to follow along with book

Lonely Planet French (Traveltalk)
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Manufacturer: Penton Overseas
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Binding: Audio CD

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Excellent!.......2007-02-14

I am going to Paris in a few weeks and need a small book to carry around. I found this book and it is fab!
I have tabbed off the important details, like how to get a taxi and how to order vegitarian food. It also features a great 2 way dictionary. I look forward to using this handy book in Paris!

easy to hear audio but hard to follow along with book.......2006-08-20

i was debating between this book and In-Flight and ended up getting both. good thing bc In-Flight audio was terrible, but the companion book was done very well. completely opposite, the Lonely Planet's audio is great - they say the word/phrase twice and slowly, but the books it comes with aren't so great. the companion pamphlet has the follow-along to the CD but does not help with pronounciation. it does come with a pretty big to-go book, about 300 pages worth of French lessons, words, phrases - everything. a bit too much for a beginner.
the audio is good, but don't expect to pop it in the cd player and be on your way.

Lonely Planet Fast Talk French (Fast Talk Guide)

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Lonely Planet Fast Talk French (Fast Talk Guide)
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ASIN: 1740599934

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When time is short, Fast Talk French gives you the essential language to:

* do the sights & shop till you drop * book a room & order a meal * get from A to B fast * clinch that crucial deal * get your message across

Includes easy pronunciation of all words & phrases plus a mini dictionary of key words.

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In few countries will you depend on your phrasebook as much as in France. Certainly some folks there know English, but you'll want to be able to greet people politely, make small talk, shop in the open-air market, and order food more varied than boeuf bourguignonne. At some point you'll probably want to swear like a French sailor, and who knows, you may want to croon sweet French nothings too. For all this, you need the Lonely Planet French Phrasebook. Along with help on grammar and pronunciation, the vocabulary of getting around, finding a room, shopping, and health, and a two-way dictionary in back, there are all the phrases you'll need to sound erudite au café, artsy au musée, and risqué in bed. --Stephanie Gold

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Definitely not your everday phrasebook, this little pocket dweller has everything for the traveller, and more. The only words you can forget about are 'faux pas'.

Features: covers all essential language and more in an easy-to-use format; two-way dictionary; local usage, slang; grammar and pronunciation guides; conversation topics such as sport, current issues, environment, romance; attractive illustrations and two-colour throughout; and specific needs include business, families, health, gay travellers.

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Excellent BookýIF you have any prior knowledge of French.......2004-07-19

I found this book to be very helpful, but only if you've taken a French class before and know basic vocabulary and pronunciation. I don't think it will prove as helpful to someone with no background in French, unless maybe they study and practice it before going to France.
I found the sections on socializing very thorough and useful, but I wish that there had been more about the public transportation system. Overall, a useful guide if you want to talk to locals, who are so much nicer to you if you attempt to speak French, even if your accent isn't that great.

Good, but..........2002-04-26

Let me see if I can help clear up some of the confusion caused by the mixed reviews of this book:

It is true that this phrasebook is sorely lacking in pronunciation instruction. The emphasis is on phrases and general sentence structure. The grammar advice can be hard to follow unless you are already familiar with basic French grammar. Therefore I would not recommend this book for beginners, especially beginners who truly want to learn French beyond just the words needed while traveling.

Having said that, this book is an AWESOME resource for those with at least some background knowledge of the French language. Pretty much every idea/situation you would want to communicate is in this book. It's very well organized and a handy pocket size as well. I had 1 semester of French each in high school and college, and while I don't speak French too well I still remember the basic pronunciation and grammar rules. I found that this book contained enough phrases and general information to jog my memory enough to the point that I can sufficiently communicate in French with the help of this book alone.

So if you know a little (or more) French already and are looking for something with lots of handy phrases, go for this book - it will serve you well. If you are looking for an introduction to the language and/or have an interest in learning French from the ground up, I would recommend purchasing some sort of book & tape set, maybe with this phrasebook as a backup guide while traveling. Hope that helps!

SUPER.......2001-10-09

THIS IS A VERY COMPACT BUT VERY COMPLETE PHRASE BOOK. IT IS VERY EAST TO READ AND HAS INTERESTING TIPS AND HINTS THROUGH OUT. THE PRINT IS ALSO A GOOD SIZE FOR EASY READING. IT IS WORTH EVERY CENT.

"Can I buy drugs?": Yes. "Can you take our picture?": No........2001-08-28

We just got back from a 2-week vacation in France. We do not speak any French, and on the advice of the other reviews and the reputation of the publisher, we used this phrasebook for the trip. Boy were we disappointed! Tons of really basic things are missing from the book. For example, in the 2-way dictionaries and the food section, we could not find a lot of simple food items. What does "oeuf" mean? I'll give you a hint: you'll be as luckless in finding the answer as you will in finding the French word for "egg." The book also lacks standard travellers' phrases like "could you take our picture?" These are just a few of the many basic words, phrases, and terms that are missing here. What's even more infuriating is what this book DOES contain instead: an entire section devoted to "social issues," including talking politics, buying drugs, and dealing with the police if you are caught with drugs. My own views on these issues tend to be pretty liberal, but really - if you are not a native speaker of French, and are travelling abroad, do you have any business arguing social issues or getting involved in drug deals in a foreign country? And do these things really have any business being in a phrase book that doesn't even have the word for "egg"? I think the authors put in the extraneous stuff in order to fit in with Lonely Planet's hip, with-it image. Instead, they should have concentrated on making this book a little more helpful and useful. In France, the word "acceuil" appears in train stations, metro stations, airports, and on street signs. Not the most esoteric of terms, to be sure. The only place it doesn't appear is in this most useless of phrasebooks.

Great phrasebook.......2001-05-27

We used this phrasebook to get around Paris. A recommended reading on the plane to France. Master looking up the phrases fast. The logical sections makes this easy. We used this phrasebook frequently to decode menus at restaurants which are not as touristy (as recommended in LP Paris book). Overall, excellent guide, a must buy for your trip to France IMHO.

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French : TravelTalk
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Binding: Audio Cassette

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Lonely Planet Western Europe Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Europe Phrasebook)

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pretty good . . .
It was useful and very good to have around
Too difficult to find a phrase

Lonely Planet Western Europe Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Europe Phrasebook)

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pretty good . . ........2004-06-15

Though it includes the occasional typo, this book is pretty good. It's especially nice to have the "smaller" languages. But did I miss something? Why is there no Welsh?

It was useful and very good to have around.......1999-07-18

This book is very useful to me because I travel to Europe every year and when I go there, it's difficult to get around the airports or the country itself. This little phrasebook has helped me to communicate with the other people in the countries I go to.

Too difficult to find a phrase.......1998-05-04

The phrases in this book work well and the phoenetic spelling isn't horrible, I just found it difficult to quickly find what I wanted to say. I found the two page "essential phrases" list in the back of my other travel guides more useful because you didn't have to flip a bunch of pages to get what you need. I was on a brief trip to Europe, this book may be more useful for longer trips.

Lonely Planet Frances Para El Viajero (Lonely Planet Phrasebook: French)

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Lonely Planet Frances Para El Viajero (Lonely Planet Phrasebook: French)

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300 Basic Words & Phrases, a month of pure joy using it in Vietnam

Travel Talk Vietnamese: A Three-In-One Survival Kit (Traveltalk)
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In each compact TravelTalk kit: 60-minute audio cassette in both English and the target language provides key words and phrases with accurate native pronunciationHandy fold-out audio guide for quick on-the-spot reference and reinforcementLonely Planet Phrasebook/Dictionary features clear and comprehensive grammar chapters, an extensive, 2-way dictionary, information on local culture plus travel tips

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300 Basic Words & Phrases, a month of pure joy using it in Vietnam.......2006-04-29

Wow! Only 300 basic words and phrases but what a wonderfully useful little guide. The audio was just right on for a beginner like me. Allowed me to hear and practice before the trip but the best part was the incredible 2x8=16 (front and back) panel folding booklet that came with the cassette. I can't tell you how many times I pulled it out of my pocket and pointed to a word to a native in Hanoi, DaNang and Saigon and was able to get a bicycle brought to me at the hotel, a tennis racket AND lessons from a pro, an improvised "tour/sightsee" by cyclo, and the most funny of all a "NAPKIN." How weird is that, they're not a paper society, they have no concept of papertowels and such amenities. Once I asked for nuo'c cai tra'i ca^y (Fruit Juice) I had all the orange, papaya, watermellon juice they could find at the open market; freshly squeezed and put in my room. We went to the market to buy stuff and I used too expensive (da' qu'a) so much and they loved it when I said this...they are very good at bargaining but are very fair, they always lower the price if you know how to say how much (Bao nhieu) Really enjoyed the trip, it made the whole vacation so much better to be able to engage in the language and they really rewarded us for trying. One complaint, I couldn't find the CD version and there's no iPOD version. It would sell like crazy if converted to digital medium and uploaded to iTunes or a server to us mp3 enable travelers. I took my iPOD everywhere and wished I had the audio in MP3 format.

Lonely Planet Central Europe Phrasebook (Lonely Planet Language Survival Kit)

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Mostly Useful

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Mostly Useful.......2000-12-02

I found the phrase book to be very handy in some languages, but in other languages, it didn't seem to be so thorough. I was in Central and Eastern Europe for four months and mostly used the book when I was eating out. It's a good source for vegetarians. I used t occasionally when asking directions as well and found my way around fairly well using the book. In less "touristy" areas the book didn't include as much information and I was left to my own devices.

Lonely Planet Fast Talk Audio French: Essential Language for Short Trips (Lonely Planet Fast Talk Guides)

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Lonely Planet Fast Talk Audio French: Essential Language for Short Trips (Lonely Planet Fast Talk Guides)
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As the newest additions to the popular Fast Talk series, Fast Talk with Audio - French is a pocket-sized phrasebook and CD companion, packed with key phrases for short trips. Read and listen to all the language you need for sightseeing, shopping, eating, drinking, and be sure to make this your best break yet.

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