This new edition of Colloquial Latvian has been completely rewritten to make learning Latvian easier and more enjoyable than ever before!
Specially written by experienced teachers for self-study or class use, the course offers a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Latvian. No prior knowledge of the language is required.
What makes Colloquial Latvian your best choice in personal language learning?
Interactive lots of exercises for regular practice
Clear concise grammar notes
Practical useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide
Complete including answer key and reference section
By the end of this rewarding course, you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Latvian in a broad range of everyday situations.
Recenzijas
Review of the previous edition:
'An hour a day for a month and it's under your belt - I think that's hard to beat in its genre, and textbooks for much more widely spoken languages often fall far short of this standard.' Amazon customer
Acknowledgements Introduction How to use this book The sounds of Latvian
Abbreviations 1 Hello! 2 Please drive to! 3 I have a reservation 4
Travelling by train 5 At the restaurant 6 Family 7 What do you do in your
free time? 8 Lets go shopping! 9 Lets go to the market! 10 How do you spend
your days? 11 Where did you go on holiday? 12 Whats wrong with you? 13 The
new flat 14 What will the weather be like today? 15 Communications and mass
media Grammar summary Key to exercises LatvianEnglish glossary
EnglishLatvian glossary Bibliography Index
Christopher Moseley worked for two decades for the BBC World Service, specialising in Baltic affairs, and is now a freelance translator and editor. He is the author of Colloquial Estonian (second edition, 2008) 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 Worlds Languages (second edition, 2007).
Dace Praulin is a Lecturer in Latvian at the University of Glasgow.
