Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book: Portuguese [Paperback]

DK Publishing (Author)

Book Description

Series: EW Travel Guide Phrase Books | Publication Date: September 15, 1998

Featuring pronunciation, a menu guide, a mini-dictionary, hotel information, and emergency phrases.

Whether you're trying to order dinner or get back to your hotel, you cannot make your way without knowing what to say, and the Eyewitness Travel Guide Phrase Books are the perfect guide for tongue-tied tourists. These compact, user-friendly books fit right into your pocket or purse, and meet the communications needs of the tourist and business traveler alike. Based on an innovative system of imitated pronunciation, phrases are organized into logical and practical divisions, including time; food and drink; air travel; bus, taxi, and subway information; shopping; health and medical care; and much more. Typical replies to questions you may be asked, as well as signs and instructions you're likely to see or hear, are also given. The guides also include a carefully selected mini-dictionary, and useful conversion tables translating distance, clothing sizes, and weight.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: DK ADULT (September 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789435926
• ISBN-13: 978-0789435927
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 3.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,703,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical & helpful...an excellent book, January 13, 2004

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This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Phrase Book: Portuguese (Paperback)

The Eyewitness Travel Phrase books are excellent guides for tourists looking to communicate as much as possible in foreign languages. They include a host of phrases that can be very helpful in many situations - there are the classic "Can you tell me what time it is?" to a variety of more complex or particular expressions. There's also a section on spelling and pronounciation. It also includes expressions used not only while on vacation, but also while doing business.

This little book is also quite handy thanks to it's size, it fits perfectly on any pocket. It also includes a section with a simple dictionary that can be very helpful in identifying a variety of words.

The book is very good at doing its job, which is helping people cross the language barriers while abroad. However, it shouldn't be mistaken with a Portuguese language course. This book is not meant to teach you the Portuguese language, but to give you a good enough understanding of it so you can travel without major inconveniences. If you want to expand on the language, you need to get other books.

Another thing you should be mindful of is that Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese have some differences. While they're basically the same language, there are different expressions and different words that can creat some confusion - just as it happens with Spanish and Latin American Spanish. This book is specifically for Portugal's Portuguese, you might find some trouble (though not really a lot of) if you use it on a trip to Brazil.