Czech: Lonely Planet Phrasebook

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Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 491.8683421 EAN: 9781741040470 ISBN: 1741040477 Label: Lonely Planet Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2007-03-01 Publisher: Lonely Planet Studio: Lonely Planet
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More essential than socks (and lighter on your nose), this phrasebook is your card to the real Czech adventure--from monumental Moravia to classic countryside and Pilsner in Prague, relax and take a moment to raise your glass. Na Zdravi! (Cheers!) Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture--a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.
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Customer Rating:      Summary: Czech:Lonely Planet Phrase Book Comment: Easy to navigate, well laid out, very useful so that you know all the right things to say (and do) - great
Customer Rating:      Summary: An invaluable travel companion Comment: It's true what they say; the natives are more friendly when you make an effort!
I have purchased a variety of language guides for a number of languages (Czech, Italian, French, German), and I have always found the LonelyPlanet phrasebooks to be the best. Their size makes them very portable and discrete, they are very well organized, and have good, easy to use 2-way dictionaries for when you're in a pinch. They also don't take themselves too seriously, and include sometimes laughable - though potentially very useful - sections on things like clubbing, and "intimate" times. The guides claim to be "more essential than socks (and lighter on the nose)." I think this sums them up nicely.
In particular, I found that the Czech language guide did a fantastic job hand-holding the reader through the admittedly arduous task of learning to pronounce all the different consonant- and vowel sounds with their plethora of accents. Be sure to start there.
In short, this is an indispensable guide, and an absolute MUST for anyone traveling to the Czech Republic.
Five stars.
P.S. One word of warning: no book can really teach English speakers the infamous [r-with-upside-down-^] or "rzh" sound - as in the composer Dvo[rzh]ak - since the sound does not exist in our language. You'll see what I mean, no doubt. I suggest searching online for an audio clip of this consonant. The word [rzh]eka, for river, is an excellent example, if you can find it. Happy traveling!
Customer Rating:      Summary: Quite Useful & Handy Comment: I used this book for a week in Prague. I found this book to be very well organized and useful. It is also small enough to through in your bag or purse for the day. It is definately helpful to learn a few greetings and such as the people seemed much more helpful when you were putting an effort into trying their language.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Learning the Czech language Comment: Of all the Czech language aids I have, this phrasebook is the best organized and the easiest to understand. This is an excellant book for the beginner in the language, but also very useful for someone with a bit of familiarity with the language. It will be my pocket companion on my next trip to Prague.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Great book Comment: This book is really handy for traveling to Prague - It gives good advice that you might not think of otherwise. Definitely worth the money!!
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