This 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.
These two 60-minute CDs are recorded by native speakers, and will help you perfect your pronunciation, listening and speaking skills.
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'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
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
Christopher Moseley worked for two decades for the BBC World Service, specialising in Baltic affairs, and is now a freelance translator and editor, as well as Latvian teaching fellow at SSEES. He has a particular interest in endangered and minority languages. He is the author of Colloquial Estonian (1994) and Colloquial Latvian (1996) and the general editor of the Routledge/Curzon Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (2007) and the general editor (with R.E. Asher) of the Atlas of the Worlds Languages (2007).
