Read Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook Dictionary Lonely Planet Anthony Garnaut Tim Lu 9781743216071 Books

Product details Series Phrasebook Paperback 256 pages Publisher Lonely Planet; 9 edition (October 20, 2015) Language English ISBN-10 9781743216071 ISBN-13 978-1743216071 ASIN 1743216076

Lonely Planet Mandarin Phrasebook Dictionary Lonely Planet Anthony Garnaut Tim Lu 9781743216071 Books Reviews

• One word of advice is go to youtube and watch yoyochinese to learn about pinyin and tones. That makes these book easier to use as you need to understand the tones and how they are written in the book. They discuss it in the book but hearing is a must for tonal languages and it gets you used to the accents used to display which tone.
• Man, I used this little book SO MUCH on my trip to Bali. I couldn't believe how little English was spoken. Every blog I read before going there said that English was widely spoken, but boy were they WRONG. All those blogs must have been written by people that stayed on resorts and never interacted with the locals. This book was priceless to me on my trip to Bali. I used it every day, sometimes so much that I just carried it in my hand instead of putting it in my purse. The very front of the book has some important phrases that you will use a lot, which is great, but even better was that the front also has room to notate other phrases that you use often that you can write in, such as "more strong/relax" for massages, "I'm just looking" for everyone that wants to sell you something every single minute of every day, and so many others. Indonesian is a ridiculously easy language to learn, but the nuance of the accent/dialect is very difficult and impossible to capture in a book. Even though I learned almost all the basics of the language in a week I was still not understood well and never quite got the hang out it. Fortunately the Balinese are very nice and helpful and loved that I put in the effort. So yes, I do recommend this book to all travelers to Indonesia. It's indispensable.
• My son has been studying chinesse for 5 years, he is 13 and went to China for the first time, he said this book was incredibly useful, small and so easy to go through!
• This is a great first introduction to Indonesian! I bought this before I traveled to Indonesia for a month-long stay. I had no prior exposure to Indonesian before this book and my travel, and though it is most helpful for traditional tourist travel, I still found it very useful! It is divided into logical sections, so you can read through the whole book, or just jump to the section that is most related to what you need to know right then. It's colorful and cleanly laid-out, allowing for easy navigation. Plus, it's small making it easy to throw in your bag without taking up much space (or weight)! If you are looking for an introductory book I would highly recommend this one!
• I went to Indonesia for a month for an academic program where I mainly interacted with Indonesian university students and residents of a remote coastal village on Java. Very little English was spoken, but thanks to this book I was able to express almost everything I wanted to. I had no Internet so I could not use Google translate and this book was my only resource. But that didn't matter because this book has so, so much content laid out in a very easily accessible way. The cultural information boxes are also super helpful and made the book an interesting read in my free time. I studied phrases and memorized words from its extensive dictionary every night, and people were consistently impressed with how well I could speak Indonesian, despite the fact that I hadn't studied the language at all before my trip. This is not another silly little travel phrasebook you will never use. It is an interesting, intuitive, conveniently sized book that is key to connecting with other people in Indonesia.
• A lot of info is stuffed in a small pocket book. It will come handy if you are traveling to Hong Kong or Guang-dong region.
  
  Here are a couple of things I liked about this book. (1)Even though the fonts are small (ie, pocket version), it does not strain the eyes because the paper is high quality and has colored fonts. (2)It has the Chinese characters next to all the sentences and words. I did not like those books which only have the romanization but no Chinese characters. In the long run you really need to know them. (3) A lot of handy info/words/sentences included (such as 'I want to make love to you' or 'leave me alone!')
  
  I have two reasons I can't give 5 stars (1) It does NOT use the 'standard Yale' system--it could be a little confusing to those using Yale system (why don't everybody just use Yale???);(2)right off the bat, I noticed couple typo/errors in the pronounciation--I would use as a reference, not the primary source of studying Cantonese.
  
  Overall, I think it is a worth investment, especially considering the low cost.
• I just returned from two weeks in Indonesia and found the Lonely Planet Indonesian Phrasebook & Dictionary to be indispensable in many situations, especially when shopping and in hotels, plus making acquaintances wherever I went. Also, the book is full of historical and cultural information. To anyone who doesn't speak the language, I would say, don't leave home without it. Hint - It helps to learn as much as you can from the book before leaving.
• It even has a section for sexual language lmfao.
  Perfect lil guidebook, great structure, everything youd need in a lightweight, fully packed book.
  
  I still recommend getting a translator/dictionary on your phone, along with offline maps and Chinese social media like WeChat and QQ.
  
  You will meet many great people in China. Be strong, be vigilant and explore an ancient world unlike we know in the west.