- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 2nd Revised edition edition (1 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1740591194
- ISBN-13: 978-1740591195
- Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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- #6 in Books > Travel & Holiday > Countries & Regions > Central & South America > Costa Rica
- #87 in Books > Languages > Grammar, dictionaries & phrasebooks > Spanish
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This work includes comprehensive food section plus etiquette and cultural tips. It is an easy-to-use pronunciation guide. Sections include phrases for finding accommodation and for hitting the town. There are useful suggestions for health needs and emergencies, and extensive two-way dictionary and user-friendly sentence builder. There is a new special Eco-Tourism section.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This nicely compact phrasebook is split into useful sections for use in different situations and even explains about local customs and social phrases. Best of all, it shows you how to pronounce every word/sentence, which is very useful, particularly as Latin American Spanish differs from European Spanish. Well worth the modest price tag.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Always useful to learn some key phrases. This book does what it says on the cover!
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Inferior to previous edition
4 Feb 2007
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This 2nd edition is more than just a beauty cleanup of the 1st. It completely changes the content, the intent and therefore the usefulness of the book. It is full of pronunciations, painstakingly spelled out as if someone was going to read them preferentially over the Spanish words. It's sort of lame, because Spanish pronunciation is basically invariable (accents aren't, of course) and if you are having trouble with it that is best fixed with a different book. It seems like there is less information, because a big chunk of the page has gone over to pronunciations. It has been scrubbed of most of the sketchier inclusions of the 1st edition, which are fun. The very useful verb endings charts and some of the Tiquismo sidebars are gone. I also find the typeface harder to read in dim light, especially the dictionary. On the plus side, it is prettier, and perhaps better organized and easier to find information.
I had my 1st edition stolen while down there. I hadn't been in a hurry to replace it, but the minute I received this 2nd edition, I scoured the 'net to locate another 1st. You should consider the same.
I had my 1st edition stolen while down there. I hadn't been in a hurry to replace it, but the minute I received this 2nd edition, I scoured the 'net to locate another 1st. You should consider the same.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Some improvements
6 Mar 2007
Format:Paperback
This new edition has corrected some of the mistakes I pointed out in a previous review and in an email exchange with the author. As I thumbed through the book I didn't see any "tu" conjugations, only "vos" and "usted". This is much more accurate for Costa Rican Spanish and was a blunder in the first edition. There is also an explanation at the beginning of the book about Costa Rican Spanish, which includes mention of the predominance of the voseo en Costa Rica. Nonetheless, I still give the book one star for two reasons. First the pronunciation section, as Mr. Kohnstamm informed me, was done by someone from Australia (if I remember right). So if you are from the U.S. several of the pronunciations are incorrect. Second, it only took me about a minute of looking through the book to see several mistakes in grammar and translation. Example: "Si vengas a Costa Rica..." should be "Si viene/venis a Costa Rica..." and "Adonde es la sala ejecutiva?" should be "Donde esta la sala ejecutiva?". These types of mistakes really stand out and defeat the purpose of the book, which is to help English-speaking tourists fit in and learn correct phrases for interacting with the locals... at least I think that is the purpose here.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
OK for beginners
21 Nov 2009
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Book is fine for beginning Spanish speakers but only somewhat useful to semi-fluent Spanish speakers.
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