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.
Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely 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.
Introduction The Sounds of Estonian 1 Kaks vana sopra Two old Friends 2 Telefon The telephone 3 Kohvikus In a caf? 4 Tartus In Tartu 5 Pireti juures Visiting Piret 6 N?dala p?evad Days of the week 7 S?nnip?ev A birthday 8 Riided Clothing 9 Piret ostab riideid Piret buys clothes 10 Ilm ja aastaajad Weather and the seasons 11 Kauplustes Shopping 12 T??olu Working life 13 Perekonna elu Family life 14 Meres?it Sailing 15 K?llakutse An invitation 16 Eesti kirjandus Estonian literature 17 Kaubamajas At a department store 18 Eesti novell An Estonian short story 19 Rongis?it A train journey l#6