Lonely Planet Phrasebooks

I like to try and learn a bit of the local language when I go on holiday. People appreciate the effort you make and it can help you a lot when you are there. I also like to play with languages and have a good memory so it helps a little. There is a slight problem with Greek though. Not only do they have a different language, they also have a totally different alphabet. How inconsiderate of them. Well I like a challenge, but if I am going I had better get a good guidebook. The Lonely Planet guidebook looked to be as good as any. The Lonely Planet series does all sorts of city guides, country guides and of course phrasebooks. They have loads of books that ...

Started learning spanish about four years ago,and have had breaks,and restarted again. Not easy if you have been away from a language for a length of time. However,I recommend this language because it is reasonably easy to learn in a short space of time.There are very hard and fast groundrules for pronunciation for example,also the verbs,although at first site seemingly difficult because of the learning of past,present and future tenses,also follow simple rules. The book I started with,and still in my opinion is the best is "Spanigh Made Simple", by Jackson and Hart at around£4,probably gone up in price now, however.Published by Heinemann. I have also been to ...

Incredibly helpful, whether you're going away for three days or eighteen months. These phrasebooks - at least the Spanish and Italian ones - are thoroughly modern, and absolutely indispensible. The usual phrasebook fare is here - booking rooms, boarding trains, finding your way to the post office... BUT! in these pocket-sized marvels, they also find room for the really challenging situations. LP, in their infinite wisdom, have included extensive menu decoders, pages highlighting common pitfalls and misinterpreted words, and hundreds of examples of slang and dialect. There are entire sections devoted to the needs of gay travellers, drink and ...