Product Description

Learn the romantic language of Italian with the help of this pocket-sized Rough Guide Phrasebook. With A-Z English to Italian and A-Z Italian to English translations, this thoroughly-revised third edition will have you speaking the language even before you arrive. Whether you want to reserve a hotel room, check the local train times or simply ask for extra milk in your coffee, the 16-pages of additional scenario material will help you in all manner of situations. Recorded by native Italian speakers, the scenarios are available as downloadable audio files either to your computer or iPod – perfect for practicing your pronunciation. The phrasebook also includes a detailed grammar section and a useful menu and drinks list reader to help you order any ‘aperitivo’. With this phrasebook in your back-pocket you are sure to have a good trip – Buon Viaggio!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14307 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

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Customer Reviews

Essential companion to any trip
I purchased this book for a recent trip to Italy and I couldn't have done without it.

The menu reader was excellent as was the section on travel. Many Italians were just impressed I tried.

Many of the words were also put into useful phrases and the more difficlt words were spelt out phonetically for ease of pronunciation.

I would reccomend it for any trip around Italy.

A useful little gem
This is a very useful (& compact) companion on a trip to Italy.

The book is compartmentalised into useful sections (split in alphabetical order)such as Banks, Car Hire, Restaurants etc.

It also has a reasonably sized English - Italian section with some key phrases already mapped out & the corresponding Italian - English version as well.

Perhaps best of all is the 19 page "menu reader" which should help you either get what you want when you go to a restaurant or at least understand what is on offer.

There are some elements for the more advanced user who has perhaps forgotten many of Italian's grammatical features in the "How The Language Works" section.

Very good value & well worth the investment.

rough but not ready
We took this guide with us on a two week road trip through Italy and found that the lay out was very useful with the different sections and the phonetic pronunciation encouraged us to speak the words with more confidence than we would with a normal dictionary. Unfortunately we gave up using it after a while as we found that words on the menu were not in the book and there were words that the Italians themselves did not know, such as mosquito repellent. I would not depend on this book alone and would recommend using it in conjunction with a proper dictionary.