Beginner's Romanian (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) [Paperback]

Dana Gall (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1993 | Series: Beginner's (Foreign Language)

Up-to-date language instruction guide for students with little or no background in Romanian language. This book also teaches about the country's history and culture, including social customs, dining out and other daily tasks. Also provided are basic language skills, vocabulary, grammar and phrases which allow the traveller to move about freely in the country.

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About the Author

Dana Gall

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0781802083
• ISBN-13: 978-0781802086
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,198,907 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Romanian

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for those travelling to Romania., March 30, 1999

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[e-mail] (Marietta, Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Beginner's Romanian (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)

I highly recommend this book. It is very inexpensive for the value the reader receives! This book has a lot of vocabulary and many phrases to use if you are travelling to Romania. These include situations in customs, hotels, restaurants, etc. I like being able to memorize common phrases I expect to use.

However, although there is some grammar information included in this book, I have found TEACH YOURSELF ROMANIAN by Dennis Deletant and Yvonne Alexandrescu to be easier and more understandable for learning the grammar.

This book is very good and I have learned a lot from it. However, I recommend supplementing with the TEACH YOURSELF ROMANIAN complete course including the audio tapes.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beginner's Romanian, October 25, 2000

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This review is from: Beginner's Romanian (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)

I found this book to be moderately helpful regarding customs and history of country and culture. From the perspective of learning the language it was virtually worthless. Many conversations are listed, but without direct pronunciation guidelines, so the reader doesn't actually know if they are pronouncing it correctly. It might be okay for reading the language - not speaking it. Additionally the text is printed in approximately 7 point pica and is tiny and difficult to read. I'd advise a "pass" on this one.

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair resource, December 4, 2010

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Ladino Learner (NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beginner's Romanian (Beginner's (Foreign Language)) (Paperback)

As an intermediate student of the Romanian language, this book really doesn't prove useful to the novice language learner. Since it is over sixteen years old, the segments on social/political information is rather dated. Linguistically, the author does not provide a pronunciation guide, which can prove arduous for the beginning learner. If an individual would like to obtain some "fluency" in stock phrases, I would recommend Berlitz Romanian or Education Services Corp. two cassette series. In short, Gall's book is a dated resource with scant grammar or pronunciation information.