Burmese Phrasebook | 
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Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 245374
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 3.6 x 0.5
ISBN: 1740590481
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781740590488
ASIN: 1740590481
Publication Date: October 1, 2001
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Product Description
Cross-cultural communication is easy in Myanmar - a smile will do the trick. But just a few words of Burmese will reward you with an enthusiastic reception. Test your bargaining skills at the many colorful markets or try your hand at karaoke Burmese-style. Get where you're going as you tour on a trishaw or chat with the locals as you party at a pwe. Whatever you choose, you won't be stuck for words!
In This Guide:
Get script savvy to make sense of signs and menus.
Read up on etiquette - don't sit with your back to a Buddha.
Show monks respect with special honorific vocabulary.
Get in sync with the seasons of the Buddhist lunar calendar.
Know your noodles - from mohinga to moun-ti.
Find the right word with the comprehensive dictionary.
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Useful and helpful...but not as comprehensive as other Lonely Planet Phrasebooks May 27, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Here's what it comes down to: If you're going to Myanmar/Burma and don't have a phrase book, then get this one for yourself and tell everyone else you're going with to get it!
I lived in Myanmar for a while and found this quite useful, especially back when I knew only a few words of Burmese. I would stumble through and try to pronounce the text and fail miserably (though not the fault of the book as they do a good job trying to discuss pronounciation).
Then I would point to the word or phrase in the book. The person I'm "talking" with would then stare at the page for a moment, see the Burmese script, then understand what I was trying to say.
Now that I can do basic conversation and basic reading/writing, I've found it to be a good resourse to keep on hand.
So, if you're going to Myanmar/Burma, take this phrasebook along, you won't regret it, even if you do have to point to the text because of your poor pronounciation!!
My only complaint is that there were times where it seemed additional phrases should be included in this type of phrasebook to make it as comprehensive as other ones.
By the way, just about everyone I showed this phrasebook to wanted a copy so they could learn more English. You might even want to order a few extra for your trip to give away.
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