Product Description

A complete course in spoken and written Romanian. It is a practical, modern course with a carefully graded structure. The first five units provide an introduction and enough language to get by in Romania, the following units take the learner through Romanian grammar, vocabulary and culture.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #758647 in Books
• Published on: 1992-09-17
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

About the Author
Yvonne Alexandrescu has a PhD in Philology and was born in Romania, where she taught for over 20 years before coming to the UK. She has been a teacher at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London for the last 14 years.

Dennis Deletant is Professor of Romanian Studies, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College, London. He was awarded the OBE for services to British-Romanian relations in 1996 and was a member of the advisory board of the British Government's Know-Fund with special reference to Romania 1990-1999. He is currently Consultant to the EU on Romanian language materials in English.

Customer Reviews

An introductory book that you'll use again and again.
This book offers the reader all the grammar they'll need to know to get to grips with the language. Everything is explained simply, thank goodness, and the topics and typical conversations normally found in a Romanian environment are authentic, just as they would be in Romania. Only one criticism, more exercises would have been helpful for the learner. Don't get the book though without the cassette, as pronunciation for us English speakers takes a bit of practice. Well done Dennis Deletant and Yvonne Alexandrescu, now all you need to do is write a travel dictionary you can get into your back pocket!

This book was extremely helpful in my attempt to learn.
I lived in Romanina for almost 1 year and the book was a terrific addition to my studies of the language. It provided practical things to practice as I walked the streets daily and shopped in the piatas. I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to learn this language. The only thing that I wish it would have had, was a more complete and extensive verb conjugation list at the end of the book. The book had little self-quizes at the end of each chapter that were very helpful. The chapters were organized very well, containing connected information that was not too much to take in for 1 chapter. If you are determined to learn, this book is a great tool. For a language that is not commonly attempted, this book was more than I expected. Of course it is grammatically correct and the people are not, so the language on the streets varies from the book in areas of numbers and some verbs. All around it was great.

Not for beginners; only deals with pronunciation on 2 pages
The subtitle is "A complete guide for beginners". It's not. Out of 244 pages, only 2 deal at all with pronunciation - one has general rules for vowel sounds, the other consonant sounds. There is a companion audio cassette, but it wasn't mentioned in the ad as a separate item. At the price, it should have been included. Anyway, the Berlitz phrase book -- at less than half the price -- is much more useful for the traveler and for anyone just starting out in the language.