COLLOQUIAL LITHUANIAN is easy to use and completely up to date!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Lithuanian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes COLLOQUIAL LITHUANIAN your best choice in personal language learning?
Interactive lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear concise grammar notes
Practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete including answer key and reference section
By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Lithuanian in a broad range of everyday situations.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download free in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
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If you want to get to grips further with any of the [ European] languages, Routledges Colloquial series is the best place you could start. Rough Guide to Europe
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| Abbreviations |
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| Introduction |
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| A guide to the alphabet and pronunciation |
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2 Ar tu kalbi lietuviskai? |
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3 Atsiprasau, kaip nueiti i ...? |
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Excuse me, how do I get to ...? |
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56 | (23) |
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Inviting someone to come on a visit |
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6 Pasivaiksciojimas po Vilniu |
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7 Pakeliaukime po Lietuva |
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Let's travel around Lithuania |
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135 | (17) |
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152 | (18) |
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170 | (20) |
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What's the weather like in Lithuania? |
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190 | (18) |
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Got to get smartly dressed |
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229 | (21) |
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16 Gamta, sportas, televizija |
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294 | (24) |
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Nature, sport, and television |
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| Reference section |
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318 | (42) |
| Key to the exercises |
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360 | (16) |
| Lithuanian--English glossary |
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376 | (52) |
| English--Lithuanian glossary |
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Meilut? Ramonien? is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Lithuanian Studies, Vilnius University. Ian Press was Professor in Slavonic and Comparative Linguistics at the University of London (1990-5) and Established Professor in Russian, with the extra specialism of Comparative Linguistics, at St Andrews University (1995-2008). He took early retirement in 2008 and is now Emeritus Professor in Russian at St Andrews. Meilut? Ramonien? and Ian Press Vilnius and St Andrews, February 1996 and Vilnius and London, January 2010.
