Russian Phrases for Dummies

by Nina Wieda, Andrew D. Kaufman, Serafima Gettys

Book Overview

Traveling in a foreign country such as Russia suddenly becomes a lot more exciting when you can engage in elegant small talk with the locals. Russian Phrases For Dummies is your handy guide to everyday words and phrases you can start using immediately to make your visit more rewarding and a whole lot easier.

This user-friendly phrasebook will jump-start your comprehension and have you speaking basic Russian in no time. Its quick-and-easy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470149744
• ISBN13: 9780470149744
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

Yes, the Russian is transliterated but it's still useful.

This title doesn't try to be all things. It has a specific purpose and that's to serve as a pocket guide to conversational Russian--in a hurry. The book covers most situations that a casual visitor can expect to encounter. Learning Cyrillic requires another book. Wouldn't it be unrealistic to learn the English alphabet from an English phrase book meant for non-English visitors? Incidentally, I've found that reading Cyrillic isn't as difficult as it seems. Many words are phonetically transliterated, e.g., taxi is still taxi in Russian except that it uses the Cyrillic letters that phonetically sound like "tax-e." I give it 5 stars because it does an excellent job for its intended audience.