Romanian Made Nice & Easy (Language Learning) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: May 29, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0878914013 | ISBN-13: 978-0878914012

Whether travelling to a foreign country or to your favorite international restaurant, this Nice & Easy guide gives you just enough of the language to get around and be understood. Much of the material in this book was developed for government personnel who are often assigned to a foreign country on a moment's notice and need a quick introduction to the language.

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REA’s Languages Made Nice & Easy is a series of practical and informative Foreign Language study guides covering 15 languages.

Whether traveling to a foreign country or to your favorite international restaurant, our Romanian Made Nice & Easy study guide gives you just enough of the Romanian language to get around and be understood.

Each book includes a compact overview of the country’s history and relevant facts. Photos of many sites are included.

The Romanian Made Nice & Easy study guide contains useful words and phrases, popular expressions, common greetings, and words for numbers, money, and time with accompanying pronunciations.

This Romanian Made Nice & Easy study guide is based on the language course developed by the U.S. Government for foreign service personnel assigned abroad often on short notice and requiring quick orientation.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Research & Education Association (May 29, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878914013
• ISBN-13: 978-0878914012
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pragmatic if not scholarly, July 5, 2006

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Daniela S. Falco "Garyella" (Windsor Locks, CT) - See all my reviews
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This book can give English natives who do not master phonetic transcription of any kind a very useful idea of how to pronounce Romanian by reading and not listening--as close as native English speakers can get it. As long as students of Romanian possess no theoretical basis such as phonetic transcription (either American or European) which can help with reading a foreign language, and want to get a crash course in everyday phrases, this book provides an almost ideal approach to the learning of spoken Romanian--it is "nice and easy", as promised.

To those who want to learn it for more serious purposes, though--such as getting a better grasp of the language, writing correctly, or even taking academic courses in Romanian--I would suggest them to supplement with more serious books, such as the Teach Yourself Romanian Complete Course, for example.

27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars for REA books!, March 12, 2005

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Mmalice (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews

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This little 90 page book is incredible. It may be small but it's stuffed with hundreds of usefull words and phrases for the traveler or simply for the curious mind. Not to mention is prefaced with a breif history of the country and some interesting stats on the current republic of Romanina. You will also find some lovely black&whites of certain land marks and notable locations; like Dracula's castle. This book is incredibly helpful with those interesting accent and stress-markers that are so different to the English language. (Now I know why they say English is the most difficult language to learn!) The easy to read, easy to follow phonetics make pronunciations virtually fool-proof, without having to buy tapes.

If you are looking for a casual, easy to use, non-threatening, introduction into this beautiful and culturally diverse language, I highly recommend this book. It is the perfect stepping stone in your quest to being able to communicate in or at least understand the basics of Romanian!!

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars like the title says. "Nice and Easy", December 3, 2005

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R. Leonard "Twig" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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i bought this book because my girlfriend's family is from romania and she speaks the language. i wanted to learn the language so her family would see me trying to fit in and... well, let me fit in. after i got the book, i pulled out my phone and sent a text in romanian. she replied back in romanian. the only problem with the book is it does'nt go very deep. it's pretty short. i'd love it if the same people wrote something bigger in the same format. the pronunciation guides were great. if you're just looking at getting started at learning romanian, or you just want to impress a romanian/american girl (cuz they're so hot) buy the book.