The Beginner's Series is designed to meet the bilingual needs of the traveling businessperson, tourist, and student. These language lessons cover such common situations as: passing through customs, checking into a hotel, placing phone calls, going to the post office, and extending and accepting invitations. First learn about the country's history and culture, acquaint yourself with social customs, restaurant practices, and transportation systems. Then learn basic language skills, including vocabulary, grammar, and useful phrases that will have you communicating with natives and moving about feeely. Clear, easy to use, and insightful, the Beginner's Series will introduce you to the languages of the world.
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K T Harawira
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
A decent but flawed intor to Maori,
By Mac (Houston, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Beginner's Maori (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)
This book was created some time ago. Some of the subject matter reflects this fact. It is a good brief intro to the language but has a major flaw. There are two sets of vowels, the short and the long vowel. It is very important to pronounce the vowel properly or the meaning of the word can be changed. This book represents all vowels as short vowels, thus the student incorrectly learns the word.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A problematic language-learner's tool.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beginner's Maori (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)
The nearly complete lack of teach-yourself material on New Zealand's Maori language compels me to give the book 3 stars as I believe it is the only one to be found. The linguistic problem is the author's inattention to mark vowel length as well as poorly explaining certain consonants. However, Harawira's use of Maori texts and songs is rather charming. Invest in this book with caution.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beginner's Maori,
This review is from: Beginner's Maori (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)
not very user friendly. i was hoping to open the book and be able to find every day phrases. instead it was broken down by grammatical points. i suppose it explains things well, but it takes a lot of time and focus - not for someone planning on visiting there soon and hoping to learn the basics.
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