Just Enough Turkish (Just Enough Phrasebook Series) [Paperback]

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 30, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0844295183
• ISBN-13: 978-0844295183
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Education & Reference > Dictionaries & Thesauruses > Foreign Language > Turkish
  • #4 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Turkish
  • #5 in Books > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Turkish

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46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Far My Favorite Phrase Book..., May 16, 2002

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Quaker Annie "reader" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Enough Turkish (Just Enough Phrasebook Series) (Paperback)

...if you are going to Turkey, and you're only going to get one book about the language, this is the one I'd recommend.

My oldest son is marrying a Turkish girl in Istanbul, and while we're all going to join them there for the wedding, I'm trying to learn enough of the language to be able to talk a little, and understand a bit. My second son just wants to get by, my third son is somewhere in between. We are all using this book!

For me, it has been a starter book (though In Flight Turkish was my first and best, since it had a CD to help me comprehend the spoken word). For my two younger sons, it has been a way to learn the essentials for it seems if you are going to another country, you should be able to say some basic things in the language of the country. Each of them has their own, to stick in a pocket or backpack and carry around, stateside and in Turkey.

This book is small (maybe 1/2 inch thick, 6" x 4" in size (or so) and structured in a way even a (brilliant) ten year old finds easy.

A great beginner's book, a getting by book, a getting around book.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect "Emergency" Phrase Book, October 21, 1998

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funda62 (South Korea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Enough Turkish (Just Enough Phrasebook Series) (Paperback)

My husband (who is Turkish) and I agree that this is the perfect little phrase book to use when I get stuck trying to remember just the right question. With this little book I will be able to ride the bus, go to market, and do other everyday tasks when we move to Turkey in a few monthes without having to carry around several dictionaries all the time. Not only does it have a very easy to use layout and many vocabulary words, but it also has many questions and (most importantly!) several common answers. A really great book for anyone traveling to Turkey!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars fatal flaw, June 3, 2008

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V. J. wallace (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Enough Turkish (Just Enough Phrasebook Series) (Paperback)

This book is probably fine if you are seriously planning to learn to speak Turkish, but if you just want a phrase book for your vacation in Turkey it has a fatal flaw - it doesn't have an English/Turkish dictionary! So if you're looking at a menu in Turkish, and want to know what an item is, what do you do? Yes, you can browse through the book looking for the word, but that's hardly convenient. Luckily the tour book I brought did have an English/Turkish dictionary - not a big one, but enough to get by.