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Fijian: Lonely Planet Phrasebook

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Dr. Geraghty is the world's leading linguist of Fiji's 300 indigenous regional dialects, and this book is a simple, straightforward, useful introduction to any traveler.

Although now appearing in the new cover, this is in fact still Lonely Planet's old Fijian Phrasebook - fortunately!

As such, it not only gives you plenty of useful phrases arranged thematically, but a very thorough introduction to Fijian grammar. This is essential to those planning to actually learn the language, something that may well be useful if you fall in love with the country and decide to stay longer than most holidaymakers.

If you are on a short holiday, you may be relieved to hear that English is widely spoken in Fiji - but trying a few local phrases always goes down well.

I have always found the Lony Planet travel books to be worthwhile and this is no exception. Figi is very nice too.

This is a great book with alot of vocabulary and really useful tips and hints. The only thing this and ALL Fijian language courses are missing an audio component. I can read the words but I'm not sure if I'm saying them correctly.

This book has an excellent introduction to Fijian grammar and pronunciation, which was very helpful. Also includes words and whole phrases (and a pronunciation guide to those) that you might need to use during your trip.

I had the pleasure to meet Mr Geraghty during my trip to Fiji this summer, and he is a very nice British man who is fluent in Fijian and was kind enough to invite our group of anthropology students to a village on Viti Levu with whom he has worked extensively in the years he has lived in Fiji.