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Colloquial Estonian

By Christopher Moseley

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About the Book

This new edition of Colloquial Estonian is easy to use and completely up-to-date.

Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Estonian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.

What makes Colloquial Estonian your best choice in personal language learning?

* Interactive - lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice
* Clear - concise grammar notes
* Practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
* Complete - including answer key and special reference section

By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations.

Accompanying audio material is available to purchase separately on CD/MP3 format, or comes included in the great value Colloquials Pack.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Sounds of Estonian 1. Kaks vana sopra – Two old Friends 2. Telefon – The telephone 3. Kohvikus – In a café 4. Tartus – In Tartu 5. Pireti juures – Visiting Piret 6. Nädala päevad – Days of the week 7. Sünnipäev – A birthday 8. Riided – Clothing 9. Piret ostab riideid – Piret buys clothes 10. Ilm ja aastaajad – Weather and the seasons 11. Kauplustes – Shopping 12. Tööolu – Working life 13. Perekonna elu – Family life 14. Meresõit – Sailing 15. Küllakutse – An invitation 16. Eesti kirjandus – Estonian literature 17. Kaubamajas – At a department store 18. Eesti novell – An Estonian short story 19. Rongisõit – A train journey 20. Jõulud – Christmas Key to exercises Ready-reference grammar Glossary of grammatical terms Estonian – English glossary English – Estonian glossary Grammatical index

About the Author(s)

Christopher Moseley worked for two decades for the BBC World Service, specialising in Baltic affairs, and is now a freelance translator and editor, as well as Latvian teaching fellow at SSEES. He has a particular interest in endangered and minority languages. He is the author of Colloquial Estonian (1994) and Colloquial Latvian (1996) and the general editor of the Routledge/Curzon Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages (2007) and the general editor (with R.E. Asher) of the Atlas of the World’s Languages (2007).