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Author
Publisher
Fall River Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From sa-bah il-khayr (good morning) to iinaa dayie (I'm lost), this easy-to-use reference contains real-life Arabic phrases and idiomatic expressions for fast, useful communication.
Let's Talk Arabic contains just what you need-colloquial expressions that real people use every day. This guide also provides phonetic spellings to ensure correct pronunciation. Whether you need a conversation book for your Arabic class or are backpacking abroad, throw...
Author
Publisher
Fall River Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Let's Talk Mandarin Chinese!
Too many foreign language books start off with everything that you don't need to know right away. Of course, to understand any language you need to learn its grammar, sentence structure, and idiosyncrasies. No foreign language can be learned overnight. But what if there's no time?
For people who just need or want to dive in and start speaking, there's a quick, easy solution: Let's Talk Mandarin Chinese! Inside this handy...
Author
Publisher
Austin Macauley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"I think I know which verb to use....but can I use it in this context....? I have a verb in my mind that I think should be used, yet is it the one used by German speakers themselves? How can I find out?! Does this sound like you? As a fellow linguist and Translator, I completely empathise. This was the question I asked myself for many years. The world of languages can be a tricky one indeed. Countless days of learning verb tables and endings and running...
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Series
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Geared toward advanced beginners, this dual-language volume offers the convenient, accessible format of English translations on pages facing the matching Spanish text. It introduces such authors as Lope de Vega, Cervantes, Alarcón, Unamuno, and Darío, and such works as El buscón, Cartas marruecas, El estudiante de Salamanca, and Santa. Contents include plays, lyric and narrative verse, and prose of many kinds-fiction, philosophy, autobiography,...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Probably the most delightful, useful, and comprehensive elementary book available for learning spoken and written French, either with or without a teacher. Working on the principle that a person learns more quickly by example then by rule, Lemaître has assembled colloquial French conversations on a variety of subjects, as well as grammar, vocabulary, and idiom studies. Index.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Indispensable learning aid includes definitions of common Spanish words arranged by such categories as foods, numbers, days of the week, months, colors, seasons and family. At the book's heart is a dictionary, from a to zapato, where each word is used in a Spanish sentence (with English translation) demonstrating its proper use.
Author
Language
English
Description
This textbook is the second part of my first Ebook about English expressions - how to say them in Chinese. As we know, many expressions are universal and exist in many languages. Every language uses its own metaphors and its own method to describe them. English contains many commonly used expressions to express many ideas and contents. The parallel Chinese expression are generally (but not totally) not derived by literal translation word by word....
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Designed expressly for the beginning German language student, here is an outstanding collection of fifty-two short stories, poems, essays, and anecdotes. Each selection has been specially chosen for its power to evoke German life and culture. This dual-language edition features precise English translations on pages that face the original German text. New students will enjoy the pleasure of reading great German literature from the very first page,...
Author
Publisher
Allyn and Bacon
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The object of this book is to present the essential facts of Latin grammar in a direct and simple manner, and within the smallest compass consistent with scholarly standards. While intended primarily for the secondary school, it has not neglected the needs of the college student, and aims to furnish such grammatical information as is ordinarily required in undergraduate courses.
Publisher
De Gruyter
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Both compounds and multi-word expressions are complex lexical units, made up of at least two constituents. The most basic difference is that the former are morphological objects and the latter result from syntactic processes. However, the exact demarcation between compounds and multi-word expressions differs greatly from language to language and is often a matter of debate in and across languages. Similarly debated is whether and how these two
...12) Innamincka Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects
Author
Publisher
ANU Press
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Innamincka Talk: A grammar of the Innamincka dialect of Yandruwandha with notes on other dialects is one of a pair of companion volumes on Yandruwandha, a dialect of the language formerly spoken on the Cooper and Strzelecki Creeks and the country to the north of the Cooper, in the northeast corner of South Australia and a neighbouring strip of Queensland. The other volume is entitledInnamincka Words. Innamincka Talk is the more technical work of the...
Author
Publisher
University of Texas
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The Yorùbá Yé Mi textbook, combined with an open access, multi-media website at http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/yemi, is an interactive, communicative, introductory Yorùbá program. It provides college/university students with basic listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills of language learning in Yorùbá. It exposes the learner not only to Yorùbá language in meaningful situations but also to the culture of the Yorùbá-speaking people...
Author
Publisher
Language Science Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Recent findings on phonetic detail have been taken as supporting exemplar-based approaches to prosody. Through four experiments on both produc tion and perception of both melodic and temporal detail in Neapolitan Italian, we show that prosodic detail is not incompatible with abstractionist approaches either. Specifically, we suggest that the exploration of prosodic detail leads to a refined understanding of the relationships between the richly specified...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Handiest Russian dictionary in print, with surprising amount of information, including accent changes in declension and conjugation, irregular forms, special treatment of perfectives, etc. Used in scores of colleges. Over 70,000 entries.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Designed for adults with limited learning time, this concise and easy-to-use guide enables language students to grasp the fundamentals of Russian quickly and easily. Focusing on the grammar needed to speak and understand the language, the text emphasizes comprehension rather than memorization of grammatical constructions. Author Brian Kemple uses an efficient and systematic approach to instructing students in the use of all the grammar that's needed...
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Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Formats
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The Fast Newbie Guide for Fluently Speaking Italian from Absolute Beginner in Just a Few WeeksWould you like to: • Speak Italian in a matter of weeks? • Understand conversations and be able to join? • Travel abroad and not worry about the language barrier?But you: • Have little to no time available? • Are afraid that you might say something wrong?You don't have to worry, because this beginner's guide for learning Italian...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
This is the first Dutch grammar specifically designed for the adult with limited learning time whose objective is broader, more fluent everyday communication. Avoiding archaic, highly literary and seldom-used forms, this grammar helps those with some knowledge of Dutch use phrases and vocabulary more effectively. For the beginner, it provides all the grammar really needed for speech and comprehension.: Based on the premise that systematic study of...
Author
Language
English
Description
A study guide to Spanish conversation is a good start to studying the language when you lack a way to practice it in with another speaker. Since it takes time and repetition to learn any language, you can look over the common phrases throughout the text in order to build up your vocabulary. After several months of practice, combined with practical application with Spanish speakers and structured conversations with someone else reading off of the book,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Learn to speak in German about the things that matter to you. Massively improve your German vocabulary and speaking skills through reading about these 32 everyday topics.
Who is it for? If you are a high beginner with a good understanding of basic grammar and vocabulary then this is the book to help you to take your German to the next level.
How does it work? Each article covers a topic that you would commonly talk about in your own language. So...
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