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Colloquial Welsh: A Complete Language Course (Colloquial Series) (Paperback)

by Gareth King (Author)
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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (22 Dec 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0415107830
  • ISBN-13: 978-0415107839
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.4 x 1.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 407,250 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Gareth King, an experienced teacher of Welsh to adults, has in the short space of three years published a comprehensive reference grammar of spoken Welsh; a lively, up-to-date introductory language course; and now two further 'grammar-workbooks'. This impressive opus constitutes a solid, much-needed and most welcome contribution to the descriptive grammar literature on modern colloquial Welsh and a considerable achievement....For more than one reason, both the beginner and the professional linguist alike who approaches spoken Welsh with books such as these to hand is a far luckier student than were those of my own generation, and Gareth King is to be thanked....I am sure that for many people these books will have had the effect of putting modern spoken Welsh firmly on the map; let no one underestimate the importance of that."
-Alan R. King, LINGUIST
"For self-study in particular, "[Colloquial Welsh] is as good an introduction as can be found to the spoken language following modern teaching principles.... it presents an authentic picture of colloquial usage. Serious students will also benefit from the accompanying cassettes which provide a full three hours of listening and practice material. The units of "Colloquial Welsh contain useful comments on salient aspects of Welsh culture, and the dialogues incorporate some typically Welsh humour too."
-Alan R. King, LINGUIST


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Colloquial Welsh 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 Welsh

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction - practical yet comprehensive, 29 Sep 2000
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This book is the first I've seen to present the modern Welsh language as it is actually spoken, rather than attempting a compromise between colloquial patterns and the far more conservative written language. The dialogues are entertaining, practical and idiomatic. The same author's grammar of modern Welsh ties in with it well, for those who want to delve deeper. Combine this with the new (I emphasize new) Teach Yourself Welsh book and you can't go wrong. Some of Mr King's explanations might be controversial with Welsh grammarians, but they make sense and the whole sphere could do with some iconoclasm. He's edited a very good dictionary too in the Oxford University series, and it's the only one I could honestly recommend to a beginner.
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars learn welsh, 9 Jul 2004
I am welsh but dont speak welsh, I found this book very helpful and gave lots of sentences that you had to change to welsh but by the time you got to those pages you could do so with some ease and there was space in the book for you to write, but do it in pencil because you can always erase it and practice again.
The only thing I can say about it is that it does deal with the north and south ways of speaking so you have to learn both because you cant tell which is the north and south at the very beginning and I would have liked to learn one first and then maybe go on to learn the other one next.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Use it!, 2 Feb 2004
What can i say? i've found this book astonishingly useful, everyone i know that has used it has found it useful. The man's a genius when it comes to this, as well as having brought up some other really quality pieces. Check out his grammar; it's the definitive guide. Buy what this man writes and keep it- it'll help your children as well one day.
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3.0 out of 5 stars One for the determined student
This book crams in a lot of information per page, so I think most people would need to work quite hard to make much progress. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough and enjoyable book and cassettes
This really is colloquial, Welsh just as you hear it. The book covers pronunciation and usage from both North and South Wales, with ample discussion of variations you are likely... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Welsh Language - North, Central or South ???
It is likely that someone wishing to embark on a Welsh Language course will wish to use the language in a particular region, probably the one in which he lives or intends to work... Read more
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