Colloquial Estonian

Description

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.

Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

Reviews

'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

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

Author Bio

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 World’s Languages (2007).

Related Subjects

1. Languages of Eastern Europe
2. Eastern European Coursebooks
3. Eastern European- Self Study
4. Eastern European Workbooks
5. Estonian Colloquial
6. Estonian

Listen to Sample Audio For The Course:

If you’re thinking about buying this course, why not listen to the audio tracks below for a taster?

These samples are from the audio CD included in this great value Colloquial Pack, or available separately in the audio CD, to accompany the paperback.

Unit 1: Dialogue 1

Unit 1: Reading passage