Colloquial Estonian [Paperback]

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