Lonely Planet Turkish Phrasebook

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I would just like to reply one of the reader who is from Austin Texax, had a comment on this book. i am a Turkish student in America and I have read your comments about the book. However, the comment about the "How are you?" phrase is wrong. The second one is the correct one. There is also another point i would like to refer to. There is an "i" in turkish without a dot. In some places if you pronounce "i" without dot it may mean something else; for example a common sentence "I'm bored" written as "SIKILDIM"; however if you pronounce with "i" it refers as a slang. In addition, I totally agree that the writer should take in consideration that the pronounciation differences should held carefully.Enjoy your holiday in Turkey

This book is excellent for many reasons but three are paramount: (1) it includes an EXCELLENT explanation of the grammar, without which I would never have been able to go beyond memorization to actual comprehension & interaction; (2) it includes Turkish phrases that you will really use, relevant to actual situations you will encounter in Turkey (including conversation on topics like politics and social issues!); (3) the dictionary in the back is truly comprehensive. If you're travelling to Turkey, you need this book--outside of Istanbul, and off the beaten path, few people speak workable English, and efforts to speak Turkish are not only warmly welcomed, but help tremendously in getting through the day. There was only one thing I found problematic with this book. The book I was using was NOT the one with the incorrect pronunciation (at least, I don't think so), but I just found the pronunciation (the phonetic rendition of each phrase) really hard to read & use, and I didn't think it produced an accurate rendition of Turkish sounds (if I just read the phonetic phrase, no one would have understood me). My strong recommendation to other prospective travellers: also get the "Berlitz Turkish Phrasebook" with its audiotape, and listen to the tape about a thousand times--then you won't need the pronunciation guide--you'll know how to pronounce the Turkish words, and more important still, you'll be able to hear & understand quickly-spoken Turkish. You will, however, still need this Lonely Planet phrasebook for your actual travel in Turkey, because the Berlitz one has some fatal flaws (read my review of that book for more details). Two suggestions for the authors: 1) If you create an audiotape to go with your book, people wouldn't have to buy the silly Berlitz audiotape to learn how to listen & speak! 2) There was one section in the Berlitz book that I really thought was useful: a diagram of a car and labels for all its parts. The same might be good for a bicycle too. Just a thought.In sum, this phrasebook is a necessity for the traveller, and since they apparently read these reviews, I would like to thank the authors for helping to make my trip to Turkey one of the best of my life.

When ordering our Phrasebook, be sure to specify that you want the *most current* printing of it (in which the ISBN designation on the publisher's information page [inside the book] *exactly* matches the ISBN on the book's back cover --- 0-86442-436-1). This latest printing has been cleaned of all those embarazZing prinnting erroz, found in the initial printing of the 2nd edition...Jim and Perihan Masters

Sayin, kredi kartim olmadigi icin, maalesef bu kitaba bir turlu ulasamiyorum. Ancak, Ziraat Bankasinda veya Bosna Hersek'te subesi bulunan herhangi banka hesabina bu kitabin ucretini yatitarak kitabi almam mumkunse, cok memnun olurum. Ben ise, Turk dili ile ugrasip, dogrusu, ilgi alanim Turkce ve Bosnakca'da deyimler kasilastirilmasidir. Bu kitap gercekten gerekli olurdu, ve cevabinizi gonderirseniz memnun olurum. Saygilarimla, Amina Siljak-Jesenkovic