Polish: Lonely Planet Phrasebook [Paperback]

Piotr Czajkowski (Author), James Howard (Author), Lonely Planet Phrasebooks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2007

Pickled herring and pierogi--Polish hospitality strikes again. You open your mouth to stutter some thanks, but the words are as slippery as ryba (fish). Don't let this be you--bring along this phrasebook and you'll never be lost for words.

Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 languages. Chat with the locals and discover their culture--a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.

Editorial Reviews

Review

National Geographic Traveler, September 2006
'Lonely Planet Phrasebooks. Portable, pocket-size, cheap, and available for almost any country you might want to visit...'

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet; 2 Blg edition (March 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1741041414
• ISBN-13: 978-1741041415
• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 3.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,809 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #42 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > Europe > General
  • #43 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Foreign Languages > Instruction > Phrasebooks - General
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lonely Planet or Berlitz?, September 14, 2007

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JRV/MAV (Kent Island, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Polish: Lonely Planet Phrasebook (Paperback)

This phrase book is meant to provide Berlitz some competition. I consider LP to be slightly more useful because i) short paragraphs are included about important social behavior and ii) there are more words in the dictionary. I found the arrangement in LP better for studying. Berlitz addresses a greater variety of situations.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but could be better., September 3, 2008

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C. H. Walker - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polish: Lonely Planet Phrasebook (Paperback)

As a phrase book, it's great. I found it quite helpful in our short visit to Poland. However:

As a source of definitions for many commonly used words in Polish,it could be much better. When I tried to use the dictionary section with a Polish family we were living with, they decided it was not very useful to them.
Also, many of the words used in the phrases (and their English equivalents) are not included in the dictionary portion of the book, so sometimes it's difficult to find the phrase you want to use.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Learning Polish, December 23, 2007

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Agnieszka Artka "AA" (Milwaukee, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Polish: Lonely Planet Phrasebook (Paperback)

This little pocket book contains solid Polish grammar and vocabulary information; it concentrates on popular phrases that one would need when traveling. It's small size is very handy and graphics help follow the book without confusion.