Czech: Lonely Planet Phrasebook | 
 enlarge | Authors: Richard Nebesky, Lonely Planet Phrasebooks
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
List Price: $8.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 65373
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 3.7 x 0.4
ISBN: 1741040477
Dewey Decimal Number: 491.8683421
EAN: 9781741040470
ASIN: 1741040477
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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Product Description
More essential than socks (and lighter on your nose), this phrasebook is your card to the real Czech adventure--from monumental Moravia to classic countryside and Pilsner in Prague, relax and take a moment to raise your glass. Na Zdravi! (Cheers!) 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.
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 Czech:Lonely Planet Phrase Book September 13, 2008
Easy to navigate, well laid out, very useful so that you know all the right things to say (and do) - great
An invaluable travel companion May 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's true what they say; the natives are more friendly when you make an effort!
I have purchased a variety of language guides for a number of languages (Czech, Italian, French, German), and I have always found the LonelyPlanet phrasebooks to be the best. Their size makes them very portable and discrete, they are very well organized, and have good, easy to use 2-way dictionaries for when you're in a pinch. They also don't take themselves too seriously, and include sometimes laughable - though potentially very useful - sections on things like clubbing, and "intimate" times. The guides claim to be "more essential than socks (and lighter on the nose)." I think this sums them up nicely.
In particular, I found that the Czech language guide did a fantastic job hand-holding the reader through the admittedly arduous task of learning to pronounce all the different consonant- and vowel sounds with their plethora of accents. Be sure to start there.
In short, this is an indispensable guide, and an absolute MUST for anyone traveling to the Czech Republic.
Five stars.
P.S. One word of warning: no book can really teach English speakers the infamous [r-with-upside-down-^] or "rzh" sound - as in the composer Dvo[rzh]ak - since the sound does not exist in our language. You'll see what I mean, no doubt. I suggest searching online for an audio clip of this consonant. The word [rzh]eka, for river, is an excellent example, if you can find it. Happy traveling!
Quite Useful & Handy October 19, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I used this book for a week in Prague. I found this book to be very well organized and useful. It is also small enough to through in your bag or purse for the day. It is definately helpful to learn a few greetings and such as the people seemed much more helpful when you were putting an effort into trying their language.
 Learning the Czech language October 18, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Of all the Czech language aids I have, this phrasebook is the best organized and the easiest to understand. This is an excellant book for the beginner in the language, but also very useful for someone with a bit of familiarity with the language. It will be my pocket companion on my next trip to Prague.
Great book September 28, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book is really handy for traveling to Prague - It gives good advice that you might not think of otherwise. Definitely worth the money!!
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