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Lonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook 2nd Edition

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3.6 out of 5 stars 14 customer reviews
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ISBN-10: 174059133X
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Product Details

  • Series: Phrasebook
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Lonely Planet; 2 edition (August 1, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 174059133X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1740591331
  • Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 3.7 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsBig help for new beginners from Sweden
By Jonathan on February 15, 2003
Format: Paperback
We went on holiday to Ethiopa and brought this book with us. It turned out to be a very useful. The book is pedagogically constructed and you can quickly find what you're looking for. As a tourist you get a good insight of the countries culture and social behaviour. I recommed this book to everyone who is planning to go to Ethiopia on holiday or try to learn Amharic at home.
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2.0 out of 5 starsHelpful but full of mistakes
By A Customer on January 22, 2001
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Although this pocketbook is helpful for beginners it has one big mistake: phrases and words are written in Amharic letters (which is a good thing) but the authors were really careless when they proofread the book. In many cases the word (or phrase) written in Amharic does not correspond to it's English translation ... which leads to misunderstandings as soon as one uses the book for nonverbal communication (and that was the idea behind the usage of amharic letters)!
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5.0 out of 5 starsLonely Planet Ethiopian Amharic Phrasebook
By James Safron on November 23, 2005
Format: Paperback
This book is excellent! I don't understand some of the reviews.

It is a rare book that promotes Ethiopia and its culture. It is intended for foreign travellers to Ethiopia and not for Ethiopians who live abroad. I have travelled to Ethiopia with this book and found it very useful. I don't know what I would have done without it. I found the cultural info very useful. I think no other phrasebook offers this kind of info.
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1.0 out of 5 starsCompletely Useless!
By BigBri on January 5, 2005
Format: Paperback
This guide is terrible if your goal is to speak Amharic. The Achilles heel of this book is that there are no accent marks on the ethiopian phrases. If you read what is in the book there is no way you will come close to saying anything intelligible. On the positive side, all of my Ethiopian friends found this book very helpful for learning English.
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1.0 out of 5 starsPhrasebook to speak Amharic like a foreigner
By Pete Unseth on October 14, 2000
Format: Mass Market Paperback
This phrasebook has lots of useful grammatical information. However, many of the examples are literal translations of the English. The results are phrases that are not good or natural Amharic. Instead, they teach you how to sound like a foreigner. Though there is an Ethiopian listed as one of the authors, it is clear that he felt pressured to produce a prodcut that was close to the English.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent Book
By B. Wright on April 13, 2007
Format: Paperback
I'm married to an Ethiopian and have found this book to be a lifesaver each and every time I go to Ethiopia. The book gets you close enough to the correct pronunciation that anyone can half way understand you and correct your pronunciation of the words. Although Tigrinyan's are now in power Amharic is still the national language of Ethiopia so it's better to learn Amharic if you plan on speaking to anyone in Ethiopia.
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3.0 out of 5 starsOK book for those totally new to Amharic
By S. Cooper on October 27, 2007
Format: Paperback
I bought this book with me the first time I ever went to Ethiopia. It actually wasn't very helpful to me in helping me speak Amharic and there were a lot of mistakes that were pointed out to me in the book. However the fact that the words are also written out in Amharic are most helpful because you can always point to the word if you have trouble and someone will be willing to help you pronunciate the correct word in Amharic. If you want to learn some very basic words then this book is good. However if you want to speak phrases or sentences, that book does not exist just yet. This book also does a good job of telling basic facts about the culture which was very helpful to me during my first trip to Ethiopia. Overall I'd say that it is a good book and was well worth my money. I would say that others also enjoyed this book because when I left Ethiopia I could not find my book ;-)
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