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Learn to COOK - Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook

Manufacturer: Lonely Planet

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781740591331
ISBN: 174059133X
Label: Lonely Planet
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Studio: Lonely Planet

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Voices woven through staccato rhythms lead you to a narrow alley. Laughter flows from beneath a door. It opens to a kaleidoscope of sound and colour, led by an azmari singing a song of invitation. A waiter smiles as you glance in the book — you order a bira and some ocholoni. The day had started with a mountain top view of the Blue Nile and now the vibrant city nightlife takes you in…

new pronunciation guide and Amharic script
expanded dictionary with over 1000 words
grammar essentials for building your own sentences
cultural information and basic travel tips
phrases for every traveller

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Summary: Helpful and Handy size
Comment: I bought this book in Addis Ababa, in the Hilton hotel, after attempting to use a couple of the locally written 'learn amharic' books, which I found difficult to try and work out pronunciation of some words. To my surprise this book was published in my home city 'down under'-Melbourne. The copy I bought is the second edition with the cover illustration: "Spot the Blue Donkey" by Patrick Marris.

I found reading this book was easier for me personally; it assisted in pronunciation of some words and I always had a lot of Ethiopian friends who'd gladly help out with the correction of any mis-pronunciations and also to explain the differences in words relating to gender-if you're talking to a man or a lady. Mainly because Amharic and Aussie English are like cheese and chalk.

I also liked the boxed texts and cultural notes, which give some insight into the Ethiopian culture. Like anything new, you've got to give it a go to get the confidence to carry on. The book is also a very handy size to carry around in a shirt pocket or small bag. Good on you Tilahun.

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Summary: Too tiny
Comment: Yes its good to be portable but you would need Superman eyes to read the tiny print. I'm sending it back.

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Summary: OK book for those totally new to Amharic
Comment: I bought this book with me the first time I ever went to Ethiopia. It actually wasn't very helpful to me in helping me speak Amharic and there were a lot of mistakes that were pointed out to me in the book. However the fact that the words are also written out in Amharic are most helpful because you can always point to the word if you have trouble and someone will be willing to help you pronunciate the correct word in Amharic. If you want to learn some very basic words then this book is good. However if you want to speak phrases or sentences, that book does not exist just yet. This book also does a good job of telling basic facts about the culture which was very helpful to me during my first trip to Ethiopia. Overall I'd say that it is a good book and was well worth my money. I would say that others also enjoyed this book because when I left Ethiopia I could not find my book ;-)

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Summary: Communicatinig in Ethiopia
Comment: This is a helpful phrasebook, usable without any previous knowledge of Amharic. As I am not a native English speaker, I appreciate the way the sounds used are described in the beginning of the book. It is well organized, with different, logical, chapters; i.e. the possibility to find the phrase I am looking for in the chapter where I think it should be is high. The dictionary part is short (as it of course has to be), and I really miss "please" as a word in the dictionary.

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Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: I'm married to an Ethiopian and have found this book to be a lifesaver each and every time I go to Ethiopia. The book gets you close enough to the correct pronunciation that anyone can half way understand you and correct your pronunciation of the words. Although Tigrinyan's are now in power Amharic is still the national language of Ethiopia so it's better to learn Amharic if you plan on speaking to anyone in Ethiopia.

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