Description: This new edition of Colloquial Estonian is easy to use and completely up-to-date. Specially written by an experienced teacher for self-study or class use, the course offers you a step-by-step approach to written and spoken Estonian. No prior knowledge of the language is required. What makes Colloquial Estonian your best choice in personal language learning? * interactive - lots of dialogues and exercises for regular practice * clear - concise grammar notes * practical - useful vocabulary and pronunciation guide * complete - including answer key and special reference section. By the end of this rewarding course you will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in Estonian in a broad range of everyday situations. Audio material to accompany the course is available to download freely in MP3 format from www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.

Contents: Introduction The Sounds of Estonian 1 Kaks vana sopra - Two old Friends 2 Telefon - The telephone 3 Kohvikus - In a cafe 4 Tartus - In Tartu 5 Pireti juures - Visiting Piret 6 Nadala paevad - Days of the week 7 Sunnipaev - A birthday 8 Riided - Clothing 9 Piret ostab riideid - Piret buys clothes 10 Ilm ja aastaajad - Weather and the seasons 11 Kauplustes - Shopping 12 Tooolu - Working life 13 Perekonna elu - Family life 14 Meresoit - Sailing 15 Kullakutse - An invitation 16 Eesti kirjandus - Estonian literature 17 Kaubamajas - At a department store 18 Eesti novell - An Estonian short story 19 Rongisoit - A train journey 20 Joulud - Christmas Key to exercises Ready-reference grammar Glossary of grammatical terms Estonian - English glossary English - Estonian glossary Grammatical index