Customer Reviews

Easy Spanish Phrase Book: Over 770 Basic Phrases for Everyday Use (Dover Easy Phrase) (Spanish and English Edition)

5 star:		(83)
4 star:		(44)
3 star:		(19)
2 star:		(10)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

This book was invaluable on my recent family vacation to Zihuatanejo, Mexico! Spanish phrases are categorized according to the situation in which you will need them; for example, restaurants, banks, stores, post offices, etc. The pronunication keys were great. We ordered food, found an Internet cafe and a bank, and were able to get more toilet paper from the non-English-speaking hotel desk clerk at 10:30 p.m. I don't know what we would have done without it!

If you are intending to learn any new language, I first recommned that you read How To Learn Any Language. In that book, you'll find a recommendation to get a phrase book. The purpose of the phrase book is to give you prior practice in real-life situations. When you get a chance to memorize phrases ahead of time, that is the BEST way to use a phrase book. Your grammar book, and sometimes even your course, does not give you the "Which room is mine?" kind of phrases. Yes, you will need to flip through the book to find responses or the next question on different topic, but that is only if you do not practice a bit ahead of time.
This is a great phrasebook and is a great value!

You can't beat this book - for the price and the small, yet concise and relevant content. Learn how to tell time, order food, go through customs, as well as greetings and social conversations just to name a few. Especially helpful are the pronunciation guides listed below each phrase. Muy bueno for the traveler or beginner.

I give this handy little book a whopping five stars. I love the size of Easy Spanish Phrase Book and its useful sentences.
Very portable and loaded with common everyday phrases.
Here's a tip.
I am using my Easy Spanish Phrase Book with a CD course entitled Behind the Wheel Spanish. I just finished level 1 and 2 and will soon move on to level 3.
It's amazing how important these phrases are and how they continually pop up in everyday conversation and how much more effective they are when you can hear them
on the CD.
Naturally, your choice for sentence formation is limited if you just stick to Easy Spanish Phrase Book. There's only so much you can fit into this tiny book.
That's why I went with a full CD course and full text like Behind the Wheel Spanish.
But when I am pressed for time and space, all I take along is Easy Spanish Phrase Book.

Everything in this book is what you would already know after a Spanish I class. Any new vocabulary words could easily be picked up elsewhere. As far as the phrases go, some of them could come across as rude if not used correctly. For example, the book often uses "Quiero" as "I want" when asking for something, when "Quisiera = I would like" would be more polite. "Traigame una frazada = Bring me a blanket" should be replaced with "Me puede traer una frazada, por favor?" Don't waste your time with this book unless you're an absolute beginner, and even then I would suggest something else.

About 70 pages long and for [dollar amount] you cannot beat this book.All the basic spanish for travel shopping dining emergency and amusement.Along with the spanish word is also a phonetic pronunciation guide,which is also a big help.

my husband teaches spanish to high school students and to an adult class. He has found that this little book is extremely useful to both groups. We have ordered 100 of these books at the present; to give to the students and they love them.
He strongly reccomends this book for all interested in learning spanish.

LOVE this book. It has all the ready phrases you need and it also has the pronuciation phonetically spelled out for you under the phrase you are learning. Awesome!!!

I will be traveling to Venezuela in the next few weeks. This book has most of the common phrases that I will need to use! It's user friendly and small enough to tuck into a purse. I would venture to say, though, that this book of phrases works best for people that have a fairly good base knowledge of the Spanish language... ie: those that took Spanish in high school and/or college, but never got an opportunity to actually use the language it to make it functional. I'm
currently "studying" this book, and also plan to keep it nearby me throughout my trip. It's great stuff!!!

The Easy Spanish Phrase Book we just bought is the obvious perfect compliment to the Spanish course we are using. You see, my wife and I are learning Spanish together using the Behind the Wheel Spanish series.
It's uncanny, but both our course and this phrase book have almost the same categories:
travel, restaurant, transportation, etc .....
The Easy Spanish Phrase Book is ideal as a supplement for any Spanish course (though I would not recommend you use it alone) because it is compact, inexpensive and full of useful everyday useful sentences in Spanish.
A must buy for any serious student of Spanish on a budget.
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