Description
Book SynopsisThis new edition of Colloquial Estonian is easy to use and completely up-to-date.
Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Estonian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Estonian your best choice in personal language learning?
- interactive lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
- clear concise grammar notes
- practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
- complete including answer key and special reference section.
By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and tex
Trade Review
'If you want to get to grips with any of the [European] languages, Routledge's Colloquial series is the best place you could start.'Rough Guide to Europe
Table of Contents
Introduction The Sounds of Estonian 1 Kaks vana sopra – Two old Friends 2 Telefon – The telephone 3 Kohvikus – In a café 4 Tartus – In Tartu 5 Pireti juures – Visiting Piret 6 Nädala päevad – Days of the week 7 Sünnipäev – A birthday 8 Riided – Clothing 9 Piret ostab riideid – Piret buys clothes 10 Ilm ja aastaajad – Weather and the seasons 11 Kauplustes – Shopping 12 Tööolu – Working life 13 Perekonna elu – Family life 14 Meresõit – Sailing 15 Küllakutse – An invitation 16 Eesti kirjandus – Estonian literature 17 Kaubamajas – At a department store 18 Eesti novell – An Estonian short story 19 Rongisõit – A train journey 20 Jõulud – Christmas Key to exercises Ready-reference grammar Glossary of grammatical terms Estonian – English glossary English – Estonian glossary Grammatical index
