Travelwise Croatian

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Summary: Not just a great phrasebook, but helpful for students too
Review: Barron's TRAVELWISE CROATIAN is a fantastic phrasebook. It includes nearly everything the traveller to Croatia would need to know, even phrases for obscure situations. It also explains the differences between the several words for restaurants, The book has a tough binding and will survive weeks jumbled around in one's pocket and suitcase with hardly a scratch.

The large dictionary and the substantial grammar make this phrasebook surprisingly useful for students as well. Pocket Croatian dictionaries with grammars are hard to find, and students of the language would find TRAVELWISE CROATIAN handy when lugging around a larger dictionary and separate grammar is not desirable.

About the only fault I can find with this great phrasebook is that while there are maps of Split and Dubrovnik, Zagreb is left out. This phrasebook was originally designed for German beach-goers, but Zagreb is an attractive destination in its own right and should have been included.

TRAVELWISE CROATIAN is the very model of a good phrasebook, and I wish I could find something like it for other languages. If you're travelling to Croatia or studying Croatian in university, this is the phrasebook to get.

Rating:
Summary: Not just a great phrasebook, but helpful for students too
Review: Barron's TRAVELWISE CROATIAN is a fantastic phrasebook. It includes nearly everything the traveller to Croatia would need to know, even phrases for obscure situations. It also explains the differences between the several words for restaurants, The book has a tough binding and will survive weeks jumbled around in one's pocket and suitcase with hardly a scratch.

The large dictionary and the substantial grammar make this phrasebook surprisingly useful for students as well. Pocket Croatian dictionaries with grammars are hard to find, and students of the language would find TRAVELWISE CROATIAN handy when lugging around a larger dictionary and separate grammar is not desirable.

About the only fault I can find with this great phrasebook is that while there are maps of Split and Dubrovnik, Zagreb is left out. This phrasebook was originally designed for German beach-goers, but Zagreb is an attractive destination in its own right and should have been included.

TRAVELWISE CROATIAN is the very model of a good phrasebook, and I wish I could find something like it for other languages. If you're travelling to Croatia or studying Croatian in university, this is the phrasebook to get.

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Summary: Rudimentary -- travelers only!
Review: I purchased this book, and now see it would have been a better idea to purchase the book/cassette combination. The Croation alphabet contains letters not found in English, which makes it difficult to attempt to sound out the words without constantly referring to the pronunciation chart. Other than that, this is a typical travel phrase book, but anyone planning an extended stay or an immersion in this language will need more than this book contains. In addition, unlike some travel language books, this one is short on tips about the local culture. I would suggest that rather than purchasing this item, buy the Audio-cassette version, which contains the same book.