Western Europe: Lonely Planet Phrasebook

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Excellent Quick Reference
Minority languages
Even covers Welsh!
compact comprehensivephrasebook with pronunciation
Very Useful but Missed out on Eastern Europe

Lonely Planet Europe Phrasebook
Mikel Morris , Mar Cruz Pinol , and Eric den Hertog
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Mass Market Paperback

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ASIN: 186450224X

Book Description

One union, one currency - and an abundance of languages; Europe's intrigue lies in its variety. When you find yourself on a busy feast day in Chios, in a smoky Maltese kazin, or courtside at a Basque pelota match, don't let the moment escape - say something!

Covers: Basque, Catalan, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Scottish Gaelic, Spanish, Turkish & Welsh <ul>

join in the sport & festivals from Athens to Belfast </li>

menu decoders for trying the tastiest local dishes </li>

tools to help you break the ice and plunge in </li>

essential transport talk to get you from Ankara to Lisbon </li></ul>

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Quick Reference.......2006-07-15

An excellent quick reference for all your travel language necessities in Europe. And it's a handy little size too.

Minority languages.......2005-06-15

it is great to see the smaller langauges of Europe in this guide!!

WE DO EXIST REMEMBER!!

Irish, Scots Gaelic, Welsh, Basque and Catalan take their positions as European languages of note!

All BRITISH and SPANISH people should know some words in THEIR lesser used languages! Otherwise they are not really British/Spanish!!!

Even covers Welsh! .......2005-03-18

If you plan to travel all over Europe, this book may get you through and save the time and trouble of carrying a different phrasebook for each country. It is small, just slightly larger than the average palm and full of basic phrases.
It doesn't cover every language but DOES include Basque, Catalan, Welsh, Spanish, Turkish, Italian, Dutch, French, German and a wealth of others.
WHat I especially liked:
1. The tips on how to break the ice in each country and join in conversations
2.Menu decoders and suggestions for each country
3.Essential words to get you through transportation checkpoints and on your way
4. Some of the basic sports and festivals in each country.
5. Written FOR the traveler with a strong emphasis on the most essential situations when a phrasebook might be needed.

compact comprehensivephrasebook with pronunciation.......2002-07-12

This book has several advantages over other phrasebooks:
* Its got most of Europe (except Eastern) covered, including Irish!
* It is small - about the size of two decks of cards.
* It has the english phrase, the phrase in the translated language and then in blue how you actually pronounce the phrase. The pronunciations are spot on - the best thing about this book.
* It has phrases on absolutely everything - I even got to use my Greek phrase for "I would not like it extracted please" when I spoke to a greek student at the Oktoberfest who was studying dentistry. Everything's covered: getting on buses, going to the laundromat, getting directions, etc. About 20 pages on each language with everything that you will need to get by for a while.
* It's cheap and all in one book.
* A must have for anybody going to Europe who doesn't speak all their languages - I think that's everyone.

Very Useful but Missed out on Eastern Europe.......2001-12-14

This book is a useful guidebook to many languages of Europe, however some of the omissions are a bit strange; It includes Catalan and Basque but not Eastern European, or Scandinavian languages. It's convenience lies in being able to look up the same phrases for different languages.
I suspect it covers a lot of material from other Lonely Planet Phrasebooks, such as the Spanish one, just not as comprehensively.

Western Europe: Lonely Planet Phrasebook

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Western Europe: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Karina Coates , and Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1741040590

Book Description

More powerful than a fistful of euros, reaching farther than a Eurail pass, this phrasebook is more entertaining than Eurovision! From Copenhagen to Istanbul, Madrid to Venice, this is your ticket to 11 languages, a whole continent of culture, and the ultimate European adventure.

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All the basics you need for short trips and city escapes. Chat, eat, shop, and celebrate your way through the wonders of Western Europe.

Customer Reviews:

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.

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Dutch: Lonely Planet Phrasebook
Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1741791804

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Canals, coffee shops and kunst (art) - let this phrasebook guide you past tulips and clogs to some real conversation. Dutch is not as hard as they say, and this book proves it. Go on, doe maar! (give it a go!). Open this phrasebook and dive into the culture of both the Netherlands and Belgium.<BR> <BR> Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.<BR>

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