Estonian-English/English-Estonian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Multilingual Edition) [Paperback]

Ksenia Benyukh (Author), Ksana Benyuch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002 | Series: Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks

In 2001, 'Travel and Leisure' placed Estonia's capital Tallinn, among the world's 50 most romantic places. Tallinn is also one of Europe's best-preserved medieval cities. This dictionary and phrasebook is designed for English speakers travelling to Estonia or those who wish to communicate with the many Estonian communities that exist around the world. The phrasebook covers major spheres of everyday life, including dining, shopping, transportation, and what to do in case of medical emergency.

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Language Notes

Text: English, Estonian

About the Author

Ksenia Benyukh

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hippocrene Books; Bilingual edition (October 2002)
• Language: Multilingual
• ISBN-10: 0781809312
• ISBN-13: 978-0781809313
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 3.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #477,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Estonian

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a frustration!, May 16, 2006

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Ann Smith (Curtin, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Estonian-English/English-Estonian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)

The Hippocrene dictionary was the first Estonian-English/English-Estonian dictionary that I bought. I was continually frustrated by the absence I words which I wanted to check, in both Estonian and English. The TEA pocket dictionary, published by TEA Kirjastus in Tallinn is much more reliable. Now that I have a copy, I can't even remember where I have abandoned the Hippocrene dictionary.

The TEA dictionary is not available yet through Amazon. You'll find it only if you go to TEA's Estonian website and register as a user.

OK, Amazon, stock the TEA publications! They are very good!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars I expected more, August 9, 2010

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This review is from: Estonian-English/English-Estonian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)

Before bought this book I had acquired another book, a Text-book ("Estonian Textbook" by Juhan Tuldava), it has a 'little' dictionary at the end of it's pages showing the words in the nominative, genitive, partitive and partitive plural cases all at ones. The 'Estonian dictionary & Phrasebook' only shows the main word (nominative) and is smaller than the 'little' dictionary in the back of the other Text-book. This disappointed me because I bought it mainly for the dictionary.

The phrasebook part is useful if you want to learn the most common things, but if you want to spend time learning real Estonian, I recommend you this extremely useful Text-book of Juhan Tuldava.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an excellent reference, October 6, 2005

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Harold Mclaughlin (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Estonian-English/English-Estonian Dictionary and Phrasebook (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Multilingual Edition) (Paperback)

This book is excellent for those who need an Estonian-English dictionary.

By the way, review the BOOK, not Amazon's service.