Suitable for business or pleasure trips, this handy volume fosters instant communication. Nearly 700 basic phrases cover everyday topics as well as travel-related subjects, including terms involving restaurants, reservations, health and medical situations, and more. Includes a phonetic pronunciation guide and an index for quick and easy reference.
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Why not buy one that's worthwhile? I bought this and it's worth what it costs, i.e. not much. Spend a few more bucks and get the Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook. It has a small dictionary, lots of phrases and traveling info.
I can't even give it two stars for being so cheap. Don't waste your time.
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If you can read Cyrillic, and know basics of pronounciation and a little grammar, this book is great! A fellow reviewer commented that you can't lose by buying a book for $1.50 or $2.00, and I agree, as long as you fulfill the few basic conditions above.
This book is packed with "690 basic phrases for everyday use." There's very short mundane and useful phrases like "Please speak slowly", "I am an engineer", "Wait a moment!", "Please show me the way --", "Send my regards to your aunt and uncle" to longer, more useless phrases like "You indicate the amount of insurance on the form. What does it contain?" (Useless unless you work in the Russian insurance business, of course.)
Each phrase is written in English, cyrillic, and then a phonetic english representation of the cyrillic. It's not too bad, if you follow just the phonetic representations, but preferably you should go pick up some pronounciation from a recording or a friend or a teacher who speaks russian.
When you're at the stage of knowing a little Russian, having a small book like this to read through helps build vocabulary and idiomatic knowledge.
Caveat Emptor: it's totally worthless by itself! The inside of the book says that this was originally a manual accompanying a Dover recording called "Listen & Learn Russian." Of course, leave it to Dover to squeeze a buck out of a now-defunct recording.
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I confess that I have some previous experience with the Russian language and that had I not already known basic letter sounds and inflection I might not have gotten much from this book. Out of curiosity, I asked my 8 year old to try some of the words and short phrases and she did pretty well in sounding everything out.
The best section of this book deals with food. In a situation when you have very little Russian but desperately need to tell the waiter "Without cheese, please" or something similar this book is aces. It also teaches everyday pleasantries for travellers but a person would need much more than is contained in this book to get around a Russian speaking country comfortably.
Hey, for a dollar fifty cents, even if you only get a few phrases out of it, it's small and would be good to stuff in your briefcase or bag for quick reference in a pinch. Worst case scenario, you could point to the necessary words as they are well grouped according to the situation or topic at hand.
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Plakhoy Kniga! Meenya ne naraivetzah!
I have several Russian phrasebooks. Except for one I have that had nothing at all in English/Greek alphabet phonetic pronounciations, this book is pretty useless. Read more
Published on Nov 10 2001 by Hillary
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Easy as doing push ups with a truck
Des not provide phonetic assistance. If your not an english major or have post doctoral gramatical skills, buy something else. Read more
Published on Jun 29 2001
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very simple book
It's a very simple book. You have an english phrase and its translation including pronuntiation tips. A good book if you know about russian language. Read more
Published on Dec 18 2000 by Joan B. Lopez
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Very helpful and covers all the basics
This Easy Russian Phrase Book is very useful in learning everyday basic Russian phrases. For every question stated, many answers are displayed. Read more
Published on Oct 29 2000 by "llesnett"
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